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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Rough Theatre, part 2 (p. 93 to 109).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

2. The author points out that the best dramatists explain themselves how (regarding stage direction)?
(a) The most.
(b) Intricately.
(c) Creatively.
(d) The least.

3. The sort of play that Shakespeare offers us is never just what?
(a) An enlightened tale.
(b) A series of events.
(c) A Rough play.
(d) A Holy play.

4. What play does the author describe his enjoying producing in America rather than in England?
(a) Marat/Sade.
(b) Romeo and Juliet.
(c) The Investigation.
(d) Hamlet.

5. Who wrote The Three Sisters?
(a) Marlowe.
(b) Shakespeare.
(c) Chekhov.
(d) Brecht.

Short Answer Questions

1. Brook claims there are two ways of "speaking about the human condition: there is the process of inspiration" and the process of what?

2. What is the name of Peter Weiss' play about Auschwitz, which the author uses in example?

3. The author writes, "Of course nowhere does the Deadly Theatre install itself so securely, so comfortably and so slyly as in the works of" whom?

4. Who wrote Ubu Roi?

5. In what Shakespearean play does the "very subtle construction hinges on the key moment when a statue comes to life"?

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