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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "Actor's Training (1966)" it is stated that "if something is symmetrical it is not _____."
(a) Organic.
(b) Artistic.
(c) Beautiful.
(d) Correct.

2. 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) Thought processes.
(b) God.
(c) His emotions.
(d) Psychic processes.

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

4. What does Grotowski approach second in "Actor's Training (1966)"?
(a) Floor work.
(b) Tiger.
(c) Animal exercises.
(d) Stimulation of the Voice.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Technique of the Voice" in "Actor's Training (1959 - 1962)", Grotowski begins with _____.

2. The first explanation of the "Shoulderstand exercises" is _____.

3. Another thing that Grotowski notes of the creative ethic in "American Encounter" is that of _____.

4. How long was Grotowski's seminar at the Skara Drama School?

5. What type of respiration is the most effective for the actor?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is "ethics" in relation to acting as described by Grotowski in "American Encounter"?

2. What are resonators? Where are they in the body?

3. What are the conceptual exercises like in "Actor's Training (1966)"?

4. What is first in the exercises of "Actor's Training (1966)"?

5. How does Grotowski treat his students in class? Why?

6. What advice does Grotowski give to the actors in the ending of "Actor's Training (1966)"?

7. How does Grotowski feel about externalization, or "classical acting" techniques?

8. What do the "exercises in composition" from "Actor's Training (1959 - 1962)" entail?

9. How does Grotowski describe using memory in emotional reactions in "Skara Speech"?

10. How does Grotowski advise students to use their resonators in "Skara Speech"?

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