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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Grotowski says in "Skara Speech" that on the stage, "we often detect a lack of harmony because the actors don't _____ their partners."
(a) Like.
(b) See.
(c) Touch.
(d) Listen to.

2. Part III of "Actor's Training (1959 - 1962)" are what kind of exercises?
(a) Animal.
(b) Voice.
(c) Flight.
(d) Upside down.

3. Grotowski states in "American Encounter", "In this country I have observed a certain external _____ which is part of your daily mask."
(a) Coldness.
(b) Frigidity.
(c) Friendliness.
(d) Hostility.

4. Who based his work with actors on discipline and exterior formation?
(a) Meyerhold.
(b) Brecht.
(c) Artaud.
(d) Stanislavski.

5. In "Actor's Training (1966)", it is noted that Grotowski mentions that contact between the audience and actor is _____ in the theatre.
(a) Vital.
(b) Destructive.
(c) Detrimental.
(d) Unnecessary.

6. Most of the physical distortion exercises from "Actor's Training (1966)" seem to be based on _____.
(a) Yoga.
(b) Ballet.
(c) Dance.
(d) Martial Arts.

7. How many types of respiration are there, as noted by Grotowski in "Actor's Training (1959 - 1962)"?
(a) Three.
(b) Two.
(c) Five.
(d) Four.

8. Grotowski says in "Skara Speech" that he has underlined the fact through the workshop that there are no impulses or reactions without _____.
(a) Emotion.
(b) Thought.
(c) Physicality.
(d) Contact.

9. Section B of "Actor's Training (1959 - 1962)" are titled _____.
(a) Warm-Up Exercises.
(b) Animal Exercises.
(c) Plastic Exercises.
(d) Voice Exercises.

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

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

12. Grotowski in "The Actor's Technique" says that in understanding how he differs from Stanislavski, Brecht, and Artaud that it is important to distinguish between aesthetics and _____.
(a) Beauty.
(b) Activities.
(c) Theories.
(d) Methods.

13. The notes of "Actor's Training (1966)" were taken by _____.
(a) Franz Marijnen.
(b) Sanford Meisner.
(c) Robert Fischer.
(d) Dale Landstorm.

14. The problem that Grotowski encountered with Yoga for achieving concentration in the actor was that the concentration was _____.
(a) Quiet.
(b) Impulsive.
(c) Internal.
(d) External.

15. Grotowski tells the students in "Skara Speech" to "make your actions _____."
(a) Concrete.
(b) Physical.
(c) Emotional.
(d) Unique.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "The Actor's Technique," Grotowski states that the sort of questions important for him to ask is what holds the actor back from respiration, movement, and _____ most importantly.

2. The body should appear how in the warm-up exercises from "Actor's Training (1959 - 1962)"?

3. The fact that "in order to get the result you must not look for it" is a _____.

4. Grotowski prefers to use "_____" in replacement of the word "role."

5. Grotowski states in "The Actor's Technique" that the greatest difference between his technique and other methods is that his is _____.

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