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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through American Encounter.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "Technique of the Voice" in "Actor's Training (1959 - 1962)", Grotowski begins with _____.
(a) Respiration.
(b) Articulation.
(c) Dialect.
(d) Carrying power.

2. What is the name of the Devil in "Dr. Faustus"?
(a) Mephistopheles.
(b) Satan.
(c) Zephyr.
(d) Beelzebub.

3. The cycle of exercises in "Stimulation of the Voice" from "Actor's Training (1966)," begins with _____.
(a) The chest voice.
(b) The stomach voice.
(c) The head voice.
(d) The back voice.

4. Grotowski says in "The Actor's Technique" that psychologists readily ask the question, "What is your _____?"
(a) Religion.
(b) Thought.
(c) Education.
(d) Emotion.

5. Who developed a system of synthesis that Grotowski adopted for the actor?
(a) Vanslav.
(b) Chariknov.
(c) Vakhtanghov.
(d) Kritinkov.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Dr Faustus: Textual Montage", it is written that the play is a dialectic between mockery and _____.

2. Grotowski tells the students in "Skara Speech" to "make your actions _____."

3. One of the greatest dangers for the actor is _____ according to Grotowski in "The Actor's Technique".

4. In Scene 4 of "Dr. Faustus", Faustus describes his struggle between theology and magic as represented by an owl and a _____.

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

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