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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Dr Faustus: Textual Montage.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is Faustus in Scene 6 of Grotowski's "Dr. Faustus"?
(a) A castle.
(b) The ocean.
(c) A forest.
(d) A monastery.

2. What does the phrase, "Primum non nocere" mean?
(a) First, do not harm.
(b) Black as night.
(c) Always at night.
(d) Harm is epidemic.

3. In Scene 19 of "Dr. Faustus", Faustus performs miracles at the palace of whom?
(a) Emperor Charles V.
(b) King Richard II.
(c) King Marcel I.
(d) Emperor Richard V.

4. In Scene 4 of "Dr. Faustus", Faustus describes his struggle between theology and magic as represented by an owl and a _____.
(a) Monkey.
(b) Canary.
(c) Donkey.
(d) Wolf.

5. Grotowski states in "Theatre is an Encounter" that Meyerhold's production of "The Inspector General" was a sort of collage of the texts of _____.
(a) Chekhov.
(b) Shakespeare.
(c) Beckett.
(d) Gogol.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Dr Faustus: Textual Montage", it is written that the play is a dialectic between mockery and _____.

2. In Scene 2 of "Dr. Faustus", who announces that his master is about to die?

3. Grotowski talks of catharsis in comparing how the audience feels for Creon versus _____.

4. What does Grotowski say that he and his actors are trying to avoid in "Towards a Poor Theatre" (Chapter 1)?

5. The two fundamental elements that define theatre to Grotowski are the actor and the _____.

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