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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Grotowski says in "Skara Speech" that on the stage, "we often detect a lack of harmony because the actors don't _____ their partners."

2. What is the first exercise from the second set of "Actor's Training (1959 - 1962)" called?

3. What is the name of the cat Grotowski refers to when discussing associations in "Skara Speech"?

4. Grotowski states in "Skara Speech" for the actors to "eliminate from every exercise any movement which is purely _____."

5. Grotowski points out in all of his lessons in "Actor's Training (1966)" that _____ must be excluded in the exercises.

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Grotowski say of the current methods of acting in "The Actor's Technique"?

3. What differences are there between the earlier exercises and "Actor's Training (1966)"?

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

5. What exercises compose the second section from "Actor's Training (1959 - 1962)"?

6. What is "ethics" in relation to acting as described by Grotowski in "American Encounter"?

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

8. What advice does Grotowski give to the actors in the ending of "Actor's Training (1966)"?

9. Describe the beginning exercises in "Actor's Training (1959 - 1962)."

10. How does Grotowski describe a "score" in "The Actor's Technique"?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Define the term "encounter" and discuss this term as it applies to Grotowski's philosophy of performance.

Essay Topic 2

Describe the production elements of "Dr. Faustus". How were the actor's costumed? What was the setting? Where was the audience? What effect did this create?

Essay Topic 3

Describe the entire repertoire of exercises in Grotowski's work from 1959-1962. What are the major categories of exercises? What are their purposes? *

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