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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. There is often a call for performing the classics in what way?
(a) As they were written.
(b) Without regard to language.
(c) In a modern way.
(d) As they were performed.
2. What does the author contend is "the only trouble with violent shocks"?
(a) That they wear off.
(b) That they are false.
(c) That they arrest thought.
(d) That they are empty.
3. Who theorized the "Theatre of Cruelty"?
(a) Antoine Artaud.
(b) Bertolt Brecht.
(c) Merce Cunningham.
(d) Jerzy Grotowski.
4. "The actor's work is never for _______, yet always is for one."
(a) A critic.
(b) Another actor.
(c) A director.
(d) An audience.
5. The theatre has often been called what?
(a) A misery.
(b) A religion.
(c) A waste.
(d) A whore.
Short Answer Questions
1. What British playwright does the author laud, who also works as a director and performer?
2. A word is an end product which begins with what?
3. Approximately how long is a rehearsal process in New York, according to the author?
4. The author points out that the best dramatists explain themselves how (regarding stage direction)?
5. What is the name of Peter Weiss' play about Auschwitz, which the author uses in example?
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