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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Grotowski states in "Skara Speech" for the actors to "eliminate from every exercise any movement which is purely _____."
(a) Artistic.
(b) Aesthetic.
(c) Emotional.
(d) Gymnastic.

2. In "Actor's Training (1959 - 1962)", Grotowski notes that "The exercise serves the _____."
(a) Mind.
(b) Creativity.
(c) Research.
(d) Point.

3. Grotowski demands _____ in his classroom.
(a) Stimulation.
(b) Enthusiasm.
(c) Silence.
(d) Consideration.

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.
(a) Emotional fluidity.
(b) Human contact.
(c) Spectator contact.
(d) Intellectual connection.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What part of the body does Grotowski call the "center of expression" in "Actor's Training (1966)"?

2. In "Dr. Faustus", the spectators are _____.

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

4. Grotowski states in "The Actor's Technique" that when he first begins work with an actor his first question is "Does this actor have any _____ difficulties?"

5. The problem that Grotowski encountered with Yoga for achieving concentration in the actor was that the concentration was _____.

Short Essay Questions

1. What is first in the exercises of "Actor's Training (1966)"?

2. What does Grotowski state regarding aesthetics in "The Actor's Technique"?

3. How does Grotowski advise students to use their resonators in "Skara Speech"?

4. What exercises take place second in "Actor's Training (1966)"?

5. How does Grotowski's technique differ from the theorists he mentions in "The Actor's Technique"?

6. How does Grotowski treat his students in the exercise notes?

7. What do the "exercises in composition" from "Actor's Training (1959 - 1962)" entail?

8. Describe briefly the "plastic" exercises from "Actor's Training (1959 - 1962)".

9. How does Grotowski treat his students in class? Why?

10. What different types of breath are there? What is the importance of breath in the actor?

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