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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Immediate Theatre, part 1 (p 110 to 134).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. "Anyone interested in processes in the natural world would be very rewarded by a study of" what?
(a) Playwriting.
(b) Architecture.
(c) Theatre conditions.
(d) Acting.

2. Of the two British actors the author compares in "The Immediate Theatre," which is intuition-based?
(a) Daniel Day-Lewis.
(b) John Gielgud.
(c) Peter O'Toole.
(d) Paul Scofield.

3. Of which actor does the author say, "His tongue, his vocal chords, his feeling for rhythm compose an instrument that he has consciously developed all through his career in a running analogy with his life"?
(a) Peter O'Toole.
(b) Paul Scofield.
(c) John Gielgud.
(d) Charlie Chaplin.

4. Who "wanted the theatre to contain all that normally is reserved for crime and war"?
(a) Jenet.
(b) Beckett.
(c) Artaud.
(d) Grotowski.

5. When did the author first go to Stratford?
(a) 1949.
(b) 1961.
(c) 1954.
(d) 1945.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the third section of the book the author claims, "It is always the ______ theatre that saves the day."

2. "Both [rough and holy] theatres feed on deep and true ______ in their audiences."

3. "Just as in life the wearing of old clothes can start as defiance and turn into a posture, so ______ can become an end in itself."

4. What play does the author juxtapose against Peter Weiss' play for an example of clarity of meaning?

5. The author contends that ______ "is a model of a theatre that contains Brecht and Beckett, but goes beyond both."

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