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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. Grotowski states in "Skara Speech" that memories are always _____.
(a) Visceral reactions.
(b) Transitive reactions.
(c) Emotional.
(d) Physical reactions.

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

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

4. Grotowski claims in "Skara Speech" that our whole body is a system of _____.
(a) Emotions.
(b) Resonators.
(c) Sensation.
(d) Thoughts.

5. How long was Grotowski's seminar at the Skara Drama School?
(a) 20 days.
(b) 6 weeks.
(c) 3 weeks.
(d) 10 days.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Grotowski begin with in "Actor's Training (1966)"?

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

4. Grotowski states in "American Encounter" that "if we hid the things that function in our personal lives, you may be sure that our _____."

5. The Skara Drama School is located in _____.

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Grotowski say of the current methods of acting in "The Actor's Technique"?

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

4. What differences are there between the earlier exercises and "Actor's Training (1966)"?

5. What does Grotowski say of memory in his "Skara Speech"?

6. How does Grotowski describe a "score" in "The Actor's Technique"?

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

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

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

10. What exercises take place second in "Actor's Training (1966)"?

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