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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 say is nonexistent in today's world?
(a) A true theatre of joy.
(b) A Deadly Theatre.
(c) A fight for truth.
(d) A competition with film.

2. The author writes that "the theatre of the Absurd did not seek the ____ for its own sake."
(a) Realism.
(b) Glory.
(c) Unreal.
(d) Truth.

3. "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?
(a) Paris and Sicily.
(b) Budapest and Moscow.
(c) Norway and Ireland.
(d) Moscow and Ukraine.

4. The author contends that "we do not know how to celebrate, because we do not know ____ to celebrate."
(a) What.
(b) When.
(c) Where.
(d) Why.

5. The author writes of an actor who studied the part of Hamlet for how many years and never played it because the director died before it was finished?
(a) Four.
(b) Ten.
(c) Two.
(d) Seven.

Short Answer Questions

1. The author says that we think of what as killing the theatre?

2. Which production does the author refer to in Paris which was a flop, so they offered three free performances?

3. Who wrote the libretto for House of Flowers?

4. What is the theatre district in London called?

5. What is the name of Peter Weiss' play about Auschwitz, which the author uses in example?

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