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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 that New York has potentially the best audience in the world, but they don't go to the theatre. Why?
(a) The work is too shabby.
(b) The lack of culture.
(c) The price is too high.
(d) The creative impulse doesn't exist.

2. Whose speech in Shakespeare holds the line, "Sir, I love you more than words can wield the matter," despite the fact that the character who speaks it is considered "wicked"?
(a) Desdemona.
(b) Juliet.
(c) Emilia.
(d) Goneril.

3. Who does the author describe as perhaps the most idiosyncratic of all theatre artists?
(a) Actors.
(b) Designers.
(c) Directors.
(d) Critics.

4. According to the author, with most experimental products, "______ is their complaint and their excuse."
(a) Religion.
(b) Poverty.
(c) Desperation.
(d) Love.

5. What French surrealist of the theatre does the author mention in "Rough Theatre"?
(a) Robeieux.
(b) Cocteaux.
(c) Jarry.
(d) Zouicher.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what Shakespearean play does the "very subtle construction hinges on the key moment when a statue comes to life"?

2. There is often a call for performing the classics in what way?

3. One of the pioneer figures in the movement towards a renewed Shakespeare was whom?

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

5. The author writes that "most people could live perfectly well without any ____ at all--and even if they regretted its absence it would not hamper their functioning in any way."

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