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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Rough Theatre, part 1 (p. 73 to 92).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the author contend is "the only trouble with violent shocks"?
(a) That they are empty.
(b) That they arrest thought.
(c) That they wear off.
(d) That they are false.

2. The author writes, "In Haitian voodoo, all you need to begin a ceremony is a ____ and people."
(a) Ritual.
(b) Stage.
(c) Drum.
(d) Pole.

3. The author opines that "today the theatre of doubting, of unease, of trouble, of alarm, seems truer than the theatre" with what?
(a) A happy ending.
(b) A sad ending.
(c) A generous spirit.
(d) A noble aim.

4. The author claims that a "true symbol" is what?
(a) Silent.
(b) Deadly.
(c) Specific.
(d) Nonexistent.

5. "The actor's work is never for _______, yet always is for one."
(a) Another actor.
(b) A director.
(c) An audience.
(d) A critic.

Short Answer Questions

1. The theatre has often been called what?

2. Who allegedly saw a play for the first time in their lives and were confronted with Waiting for Godot with no problem at all in following what, to regular theatre-goers, was incomprehensible?

3. Whose speech in Shakespeare holds the line, "Sir, I love you more than words can wield the matter," despite the fact that the character who speaks it is considered "wicked"?

4. What type of theatre is usually distinguished by the absence of what is called style?

5. Who "wanted the theatre to contain all that normally is reserved for crime and war"?

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