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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Actor's Technique.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The actor should take special care to open the _____ when speaking and breathing.
(a) Lungs.
(b) Pharynx.
(c) Mouth.
(d) Larynx.

2. What part of the body does Grotowski call the "center of expression" in "Actor's Training (1966)"?
(a) The skull.
(b) The heart.
(c) The feet.
(d) Vertebral column.

3. What does "he who once dreamed of becoming a playwright" usually end up as, according to Grotowski?
(a) A producer.
(b) An actor.
(c) A ticket-taker.
(d) A director.

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

5. Section B of "Actor's Training (1959 - 1962)" are based upon the work of _____.
(a) Dalcroze.
(b) Stanislavski.
(c) Dellarte.
(d) Sauterne.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did Artaud write a letter to which said, "I am not entirely myself?"

2. Who wrote "Akropolis"?

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

4. Section B of "Actor's Training (1959 - 1962)" are titled _____.

5. Grotowski claims in "Towards a Poor Theatre" (Chapter 1) that there is not a contradiction between inner technique and _____.

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