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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. "By using language illogically, by introducing the ridiculous in speech and the fantastic in behaviour, an author of the __________ opens up for himself another vocabulary."
(a) Surrealist Theatre.
(b) Theatre of the Absurd.
(c) Avant garde Theatre.
(d) Theatre of Realism.

2. According to the author, "the moment a lover speaks, or a king utters, we rush to give them a" what?
(a) Applause.
(b) Necessity.
(c) Label.
(d) Feeling.

3. What does the author refer to as "The Theatre of the Invisible-Made-Visible"?
(a) The Living Theatre.
(b) The Dead Theatre.
(c) The Immediate Theatre.
(d) The Holy Theatre.

4. The author writes that, "All through the world theatre audiences are ______".
(a) Struggling.
(b) Dwindling.
(c) Expanding.
(d) Suffering.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The author contends that the whole of pop music is a series of what on a level to which we have access?

2. What is the climax of the theatre, which is not the climax of applause?

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

4. The theatre is "the last forum" where what is still an open question?

5. Within a constrained time allotted for rehearsal, what cannot occur, according to the author?

(see the answer key)

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