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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. The author writes that in New York the most deadly element of the theatre is certainly what?
(a) Space.
(b) Economic.
(c) Socialist.
(d) Artistic.

2. What is fast disappearing from modern-day life?
(a) Understanding of truths.
(b) Creative impulses.
(c) Imperial gestures.
(d) Beliefs in ideals.

3. When did the author first go to Stratford?
(a) 1945.
(b) 1949.
(c) 1961.
(d) 1954.

4. The author writes that "the theatre of the Absurd did not seek the ____ for its own sake."
(a) Glory.
(b) Truth.
(c) Unreal.
(d) Realism.

5. With whom did the author institute a group with the Royal Shakespeare Theatre called the Theatre of Cruelty?
(a) Charles Marowitz.
(b) Arthur Miller.
(c) Harold Pinter.
(d) Celice Dayton.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did the author, in 1946, encounter children piling into a space to watch two clowns?

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

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

4. What does the "inner man" express only in his words?

5. Which company is mentioned by the author as using time well, rehearsing approximately 12 months for performances?

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