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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Holy Theatre, part 2 (p 61-72).
Multiple Choice Questions
1. In Grotowski's theory, "the act of performance is an act of" what?
(a) Murder.
(b) Outrage.
(c) Sacrifice.
(d) Love.
2. With whom did the author institute a group with the Royal Shakespeare Theatre called the Theatre of Cruelty?
(a) Arthur Miller.
(b) Celice Dayton.
(c) Charles Marowitz.
(d) Harold Pinter.
3. The theatre has often been called what?
(a) A waste.
(b) A whore.
(c) A religion.
(d) A misery.
4. What play does the author juxtapose against Peter Weiss' play for an example of clarity of meaning?
(a) Henry V.
(b) King Lear.
(c) Romeo and Juliet.
(d) Hamlet.
5. The author says that we think of what as killing the theatre?
(a) Television.
(b) Cinema.
(c) Art museums.
(d) Burlesque.
Short Answer Questions
1. What form of theatre does the author discuss first in the book?
2. "In the theatre, the tendency for centuries has been to put the actor" where?
3. Of whom does the author say, "His aim continually is holy, metaphysical, yet he never makes the mistake of staying too long on the highest plane"?
4. What does the author refer to Meyerhold's experiments as?
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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