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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Immediate Theatre, part 2 (p 134 to 157).
Multiple Choice Questions
1. The author writes of his book, "if anyone were to try to use it as a handbook, then I can definitely warn him--there are no _______."
(a) Questions.
(b) Answers.
(c) Beliefs.
(d) Formulas.
2. "The epic writer of _____ plays seldom brings to his work this same fine sense of human individuality: per haps because he is unwilling to regard a man's strength and a man's weakness with equal impartiality."
(a) Absurdist.
(b) Dadaist.
(c) Surrealist.
(d) Marxist.
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) John Gielgud.
(c) Paul Scofield.
(d) Charlie Chaplin.
4. What era was a thriving point for Jouvet and Bérard, Jean-Louis Barrault, Clave at the ballet, Don Juan, Amphitryon, La Folk de Chaillot, Carmen, and others?
(a) The 1960s.
(b) The 1920s.
(c) The 1940s.
(d) The 1800s.
5. "In Grotowski's terminology, the actor allows a role to '_____' him."
(a) Penetrate.
(b) Engulf.
(c) Swallow.
(d) Embody.
Short Answer Questions
1. What is the name of Peter Weiss' play about Auschwitz, which the author uses in example?
2. The author claims that the price of being a great tragedian or musical conductor is that "the material you use to create these imaginary people who you can pick up and discard like a glove" is what?
3. According to the author, "to imitate the externals of acting only perpetuates" what?
4. In the cinema, who, according to the author, has single-handedly brought about a revolution by showing how relative the reality of a photographed scene can be?
5. Which playwright does the author hold in the greatest esteem as one who combines the Rough Theatre with the Holy Theatre?
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