Towards a Poor Theatre Quiz | Eight Week Quiz C

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Towards a Poor Theatre Quiz | Eight Week Quiz C

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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Dr Faustus: Textual Montage.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Grotowski talks of catharsis in comparing how the audience feels for Creon versus _____.
(a) Oedipus.
(b) Pandora.
(c) Athena.
(d) Antigone.

2. Who does Grotowski say asked the key methodological questions of acting in "Towards a Poor Theatre" (Chapter 1)?
(a) Artaud.
(b) Brecht.
(c) Stanislavski.
(d) Chekhov.

3. What does Grotowski define as "the ability to concentrate in a particular theatrical way and can be attained with a minimum of good-will"?
(a) Hypnosis.
(b) Focus.
(c) Trance.
(d) Connection.

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

5. 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) Mozart.
(b) Rembrandt.
(c) Picasso.
(d) Van Gogh.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In Scene 17 of Grotowski's "Dr. Faustus", Faustus is transported to the Vatican by what?

3. What is the name of Grotowski's school?

4. The actor playing Dr. Faustus in Grotowski's "Dr. Faustus" is said to resemble _____.

5. Who does Grotowski say theorized that the theatre should be a synthesis of all the arts?

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