The Empty Space Quiz | Four Week Quiz A

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The Empty Space Quiz | Four Week Quiz A

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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Holy Theatre, part 1 (p 47 to 61).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On the first day of rehearsal of what show did its composer, Harold Arlen, arrive wearing a blue cornflower, with champagne and presents for all?
(a) Les Miserables.
(b) La Boheme.
(c) Death of a Salesman.
(d) House of Flowers.

2. In which traditional theatre do actors pass knowledge orally from father to son?
(a) French Theatre.
(b) Noh Theatre.
(c) Shakespearean Theatre.
(d) Indian Theatre.

3. "On Broadway ticket prices are continually rising and, ironically, as each season grows more disastrous, each season's hit" does what?
(a) Makes less money.
(b) Bombs.
(c) Gets raves.
(d) Makes more money.

4. Who, according to the author, "was trained to reject cliché imitations of reality and to search for something more real in himself."
(a) The Classical Actor.
(b) The Meisner Actor.
(c) The Method Actor.
(d) The Chekhovian Actor.

5. Every work and every period has its own what?
(a) Mannerism.
(b) Cadence.
(c) Eloquence.
(d) Style.

Short Answer Questions

1. There is often a call for performing the classics in what way?

2. What is fast disappearing from modern-day life?

3. Which Chinese Opera Company came to London and retained touch with its sources, creating something new every night?

4. "When the Royal Shakespeare Company's production of King Lear toured through Europe, the production was steadily improving and the best performances lay between" where?

5. In regard to music, the author says we may make a personality cult of whom?

(see the answer key)

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