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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Deadly Theatre, part 2 (p. 30-46).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In America, the author writes, "Years ago, ______ came into being to give a faith and continuity to those unhappy artists who were being so rapidly thrown in and out of work."
(a) The Neighborhood Playhouse.
(b) The Actor's Studio.
(c) The Stella Adler Studio.
(d) The Stanislavsky Method.

2. Where did the author see a production in which a young actor "stood in front of a very old one and spoke and mimed the role with him like a reflection in a glass"?
(a) Theatre de Francaise.
(b) Broadway.
(c) Comedie Francaise.
(d) The West End.

3. In France, there are how many deadly ways of playing classical tragedy, according to the author?
(a) Ten.
(b) Two.
(c) Four.
(d) Six.

4. What is the name of Peter Weiss' play about Auschwitz, which the author uses in example?
(a) Final Hour.
(b) Auschwitz.
(c) The Diary of Anne Frank.
(d) The Investigation.

5. The author writes of an actor who studied the part of Hamlet for how many years and never played it because the director died before it was finished?
(a) Four.
(b) Two.
(c) Seven.
(d) Ten.

Short Answer Questions

1. The author writes that in New York the most deadly element of the theatre is certainly what?

2. The author says of Deadly Theatre, that "just the right degree of _______ is a reassuring guarantee of a worthwhile event."

3. According to the author, "to imitate the externals of acting only perpetuates" what?

4. What British playwright does the author laud, who also works as a director and performer?

5. What are audiences doing in "elevating something bad into a success"?

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