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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Skara Speech.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The interview for "The Actor's Technique" with Grotowski was conducted by _____.
(a) Denis Bablet.
(b) Sarah Pinzorski.
(c) Jacques Renoir.
(d) Pierre Atrion.

2. What does Grotowski define as "not a collection of skills but an eradication of blocks?"
(a) The Method.
(b) Via negativa.
(c) Der negate.
(d) Resistance training.

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

4. Grotowski states of Artaud in "The Actor's Technique" that to Artaud "there is an authentic parallelism between the effort of man who works with his body and _____."
(a) God.
(b) His emotions.
(c) Psychic processes.
(d) Thought processes.

5. Who conducted the interview for "Theatre is an Encounter"?
(a) Naim Kattan.
(b) Denis Barbet.
(c) Mark Pintio.
(d) Sarah Sondheim.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Faustus in Scene 6 of Grotowski's "Dr. Faustus"?

2. What does Grotowski approach second in "Actor's Training (1966)"?

3. What is the term for Brecht's "alienation effect"?

4. What is the title of the exercise intended to experiment and open up the actor's vocal pitch in "Actor's Training (1966)"?

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

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