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

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

4. What play does the author use as an example of the actor's inability to play "adjectives"?
(a) Romeo and Juliet.
(b) King Lear.
(c) A Midsummer Night's Dream.
(d) Hamlet.

5. "The job of shifting oneself totally from one character to another--a principle on which all of Shakespeare and all of Chekhov is built--is a _______ task at any time."
(a) Tangible.
(b) Easy.
(c) Super-human.
(d) Incomprehensible.

6. "Occasion, Event, Happening--the words are..." what?
(a) Interchangeable.
(b) Dangerous.
(c) Positive.
(d) Opposing.

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

8. There is often a call for performing the classics in what way?
(a) As they were performed.
(b) In a modern way.
(c) As they were written.
(d) Without regard to language.

9. "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?
(a) Moscow and Ukraine.
(b) Paris and Sicily.
(c) Norway and Ireland.
(d) Budapest and Moscow.

10. Which Chinese Opera Company came to London and retained touch with its sources, creating something new every night?
(a) Xing Opera Company.
(b) Siam Opera Company.
(c) Formosa Opera Company.
(d) Pekin Opera Company.

11. The author says of Deadly Theatre, that "just the right degree of _______ is a reassuring guarantee of a worthwhile event."
(a) Boringness.
(b) Spectacle.
(c) Intellectualism.
(d) Celebration.

12. The author writes that New York has potentially the best audience in the world, but they don't go to the theatre. Why?
(a) The price is too high.
(b) The lack of culture.
(c) The work is too shabby.
(d) The creative impulse doesn't exist.

13. Which company is mentioned by the author as using time well, rehearsing approximately 12 months for performances?
(a) The Berliner Ensemble.
(b) Comedie Francaise.
(c) The Pekin Opera.
(d) The National Theatre.

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

15. "When we accept Beckett's statement as it is, then suddenly all is _______."
(a) Devastated.
(b) Desolate.
(c) Transformed.
(d) True.

Short Answer 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."

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

3. The author refers to Broadway not as a jungle, but a what?

4. "A man walks across this empty space whilst someone else is watching him, and this is all that is needed for an act of ______ to be engaged."

5. The author claims that a "true symbol" is what?

(see the answer keys)

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