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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. In "Actor's Training (1966)", it is noted that Grotowski mentions that contact between the audience and actor is _____ in the theatre.
2. What type of respiration is the most effective for the actor?
3. How many types of respiration are there, as noted by Grotowski in "Actor's Training (1959 - 1962)"?
4. What exercise from "Actor's Training (1966)" starts with the pupil walking around and singing while Grotowski lies on the floor next to him?
5. Grotowski states in "The Actor's Technique" that when he first begins work with an actor his first question is "Does this actor have any _____ difficulties?"
Short Essay Questions
1. What different types of breath are there? What is the importance of breath in the actor?
2. What does Grotowski say of the current methods of acting in "The Actor's Technique"?
3. Describe briefly the "plastic" exercises from "Actor's Training (1959 - 1962)".
4. What does Grotowski state regarding aesthetics in "The Actor's Technique"?
5. What are resonators? Where are they in the body?
6. How does Grotowski describe actor-audience encounter in "American Encounter"?
7. What do the "exercises in composition" from "Actor's Training (1959 - 1962)" entail?
8. How does Grotowski describe a "score" in "The Actor's Technique"?
9. When asked of the evolution of his technique in "American Encounter", how does Grotowski explain?
10. How does Grotowski's technique differ from the theorists he mentions in "The Actor's Technique"?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss and describe the terms "trance" and "excess." What do these mean to Grotowski, how do they apply to other acting techniques, and what do they entail?
Essay Topic 2
Describe the production elements of "Dr. Faustus". How were the actor's costumed? What was the setting? Where was the audience? What effect did this create?
Essay Topic 3
Define the term "textual montage" and describe how this was used in "Dr. Faustus". What other textual adaptations did Grotowski make to the script, and why?
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