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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Holy Theatre, part 1 (p 47 to 61).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the author contend that we have lost all sense of in modern times?
(a) Worship.
(b) Love.
(c) Nobility.
(d) Ritual.

2. What is the climax of the theatre, which is not the climax of applause?
(a) The climax of fear.
(b) The climax of silence.
(c) The climax of intent.
(d) The climax of relief.

3. The author refers to Broadway not as a jungle, but a what?
(a) Man.
(b) Forest.
(c) Monster.
(d) Machine.

4. What is the name of Peter Weiss' play about Auschwitz, which the author uses in example?
(a) The Diary of Anne Frank.
(b) Auschwitz.
(c) Final Hour.
(d) The Investigation.

5. What does the "inner man" express only in his words?
(a) Fear and desire.
(b) Anarchy and poetry.
(c) Lust and rage.
(d) Love and hatred.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who "spent his life railing against the theatre of illusion, but his most treasured memories were of painted trees and forests and his eyes would light up as he described effects of trompe d'Å“il"?

2. What does the author refer to as "The Theatre of the Invisible-Made-Visible"?

3. According to the author, "the moment a lover speaks, or a king utters, we rush to give them a" what?

4. Within a constrained time allotted for rehearsal, what cannot occur, according to the author?

5. "When the Royal Shakespeare Company's production of King Lear toured through Europe, the production was steadily improving and the best performances lay between" where?

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