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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. In Paris, Brook directed what show in which he did all in his power to inhibit applause, because appreciation of the actor's talents seemed irrelevant in a Concentration Camp document?
(a) The Tempest.
(b) The Representative.
(c) The Investigation.
(d) Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolfe?

2. The strongest comedy is rooted in what?
(a) Archetypes.
(b) The absurd.
(c) Buffoonery.
(d) The magical.

3. The author opines that "today the theatre of doubting, of unease, of trouble, of alarm, seems truer than the theatre" with what?
(a) A generous spirit.
(b) A sad ending.
(c) A happy ending.
(d) A noble aim.

4. Who from the Martha Graham company has evolved a ballet company whose daily exercises are a continual preparation for the shock of freedom?
(a) Samuel Beckett.
(b) Winter Stephenson.
(c) Merce Cunningham.
(d) Catherine Fitzmaurice.

5. What does the author refer to Meyerhold's experiments as?
(a) Physiological.
(b) Humanistic.
(c) Psychological.
(d) Bio-mechanical.

Short Answer Questions

1. The author contends that the whole of pop music is a series of what on a level to which we have access?

2. From what play does the author quote the line, "It was in the year of 18-- that a young student, Roman Rodianovitchi Raskolnikov..."?

3. In Grotowski's theory, "the act of performance is an act of" what?

4. The author writes that New York has potentially the best audience in the world, but they don't go to the theatre. Why?

5. When did the author first go to Stratford?

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