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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Deadly Theatre, part 2 (p. 30-46).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In France, there are how many deadly ways of playing classical tragedy, according to the author?
(a) Six.
(b) Two.
(c) Ten.
(d) Four.

2. Which production does the author refer to in Paris which was a flop, so they offered three free performances?
(a) Les Miserables.
(b) Caucasian Chalk Circle.
(c) La Boheme.
(d) Sergeant Musgrave's Dance.

3. What does "Deadly Theatre" mean?
(a) Great theatre.
(b) Bad theatre.
(c) Avant garde theatre.
(d) Intense theatre.

4. The theatre has often been called what?
(a) A waste.
(b) A misery.
(c) A whore.
(d) A religion.

5. What play does the author describe his enjoying producing in America rather than in England?
(a) Hamlet.
(b) Romeo and Juliet.
(c) Marat/Sade.
(d) The Investigation.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which company is mentioned by the author as using time well, rehearsing approximately 12 months for performances?

2. "There is eventually a need for _______ to reach the ultimate compactness and focus that collective work is almost obliged to miss."

3. What British playwright does the author laud, who also works as a director and performer?

4. In which traditional theatre do actors pass knowledge orally from father to son?

5. The author writes of productions in Russia of classical Shakespearean works which rehearsed for how long, yet were unable to perform as well as a hack company?

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