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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Actor's Training (1966).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What color coat does the Prince wear in "The Constant Prince"?
(a) White.
(b) Red.
(c) Blue.
(d) Yellow.

2. Grotowski demands _____ in his classroom.
(a) Consideration.
(b) Silence.
(c) Enthusiasm.
(d) Stimulation.

3. Grotowski points out in all of his lessons in "Actor's Training (1966)" that _____ must be excluded in the exercises.
(a) Feeling.
(b) Thought.
(c) Gravity.
(d) Connection.

4. What was the theory of the theatre, which was created by Artaud?
(a) Performance art.
(b) Method Acting.
(c) Alienation effect.
(d) Theatre of cruelty.

5. Where does the action of "Akropolis" take place in the text?
(a) A Cracow cathedral.
(b) A ship.
(c) A prison.
(d) A Spanish cathedral.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does "he who once dreamed of becoming a playwright" usually end up as, according to Grotowski?

2. Grotowski states in "Theatre is an Encounter" that the characters of the Odyssey are still actual because there are still _____.

3. What does Grotowski write that one must fight against when watching plays inspired by "Brecht theory?"

4. In "The Theatre's New Testament," Grotowski says, "The elaboration of artificiality is a question of _____ - sounds and gestures - which evoke associations in the psyche of the audience."

5. What British director does Grotowski cite as challenging the theories of Artaud in "He Wasn't Entirely Himself"?

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