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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Theatre's New Testament.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The technique of the "holy actor" is _____.
(a) Deductive.
(b) Transcendent.
(c) Inductive.
(d) Transductive.

2. In "The Theatre's New Testament," Grotowski says that it is "far less risky to be Mr. Smith all one's life than to be" _____.
(a) Van Gogh.
(b) Mozart.
(c) Picasso.
(d) Rembrandt.

3. Whom does Grotowski quote in "Towards a Poor Theatre" (Chapter 1) as saying, "Each technique leads to metaphysics"?
(a) Foucault.
(b) Sartre.
(c) Beckett.
(d) Heidegger.

4. Whose investigations of extroversive and introversive reactions are incorporated into Grotowski's system?
(a) Stanislavski's.
(b) Brecht's.
(c) Delsarte's.
(d) Dullin's.

5. Grotowski claims in "Towards a Poor Theatre" (Chapter 1) that there is not a contradiction between inner technique and _____.
(a) Artifice.
(b) Physics.
(c) Breathing.
(d) Psychic ability.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Grotowski define as "the ability to concentrate in a particular theatrical way and can be attained with a minimum of good-will"?

2. What does Grotowski refer to contemporary theatre, or "synthetic theatre" as in "Towards a Poor Theatre" (Chapter 1)?

3. 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."

4. What training techniques of oriental theatre does Grotowski implement?

5. Who wrote "Akropolis"?

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