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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Actor's Technique.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Grotowski say devised many good exercises, some with masks in "The Actor's Technique"?
(a) Stanislavski.
(b) Descartes.
(c) Artaud.
(d) Dullin.

2. What is the name of the exercise from "Actor's Training (1966)" which intends to make the pupil let himself go completely, and at the same time, set the guttural resonator in action?
(a) "Lion" exercise.
(b) "Tiger" exercise.
(c) "Cat" exercise.
(d) "Mouse" exercise.

3. Who is the critic whose review of "The Constant Prince" is contained in the book?
(a) Josef Schwartz.
(b) Josef Kelera.
(c) Michael Cleauson.
(d) Denis Robans.

4. Part III of "Actor's Training (1959 - 1962)" are what kind of exercises?
(a) Flight.
(b) Animal.
(c) Upside down.
(d) Voice.

5. In Scene 17 of Grotowski's "Dr. Faustus", Faustus is transported to the Vatican by what?
(a) An eagle.
(b) A rowboat.
(c) Two dragons.
(d) A ship.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many types of respiration are there, as noted by Grotowski in "Actor's Training (1959 - 1962)"?

2. Who played the role of the Constant Prince in Grotowski's production of "The Constant Prince"?

3. What does Grotowski define as "not a collection of skills but an eradication of blocks?"

4. In "The Actor's Technique," Grotowski states that the sort of questions important for him to ask is what holds the actor back from respiration, movement, and _____ most importantly.

5. It is the task of _____ to amplify the carrying power of sound emitted in the actor.

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