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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Rough Theatre, part 2 (p. 93 to 109).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. "In the theatre, the tendency for centuries has been to put the actor" where?
(a) Close to us.
(b) In the air.
(c) On a screen.
(d) At a remote distance.

2. For which Shakespearean play is it true that "as long as scholars could not decide whether this play was a comedy or not, it never got played"?
(a) King Lear.
(b) Measure for Measure.
(c) Henry VIII.
(d) The Tempest.

3. Which playwright does the author hold in the greatest esteem as one who combines the Rough Theatre with the Holy Theatre?
(a) Albee.
(b) Beckett.
(c) Brecht.
(d) Shakespeare.

4. Who challenged Stanislavsky, proposing a different style of playing?
(a) Meyerhold.
(b) Chekhov.
(c) Meisner.
(d) Adler.

5. According to the author, with most experimental products, "______ is their complaint and their excuse."
(a) Love.
(b) Religion.
(c) Desperation.
(d) Poverty.

Short Answer Questions

1. The author contends that ______ "is a model of a theatre that contains Brecht and Beckett, but goes beyond both."

2. "When we accept Beckett's statement as it is, then suddenly all is _______."

3. What play does the author describe his enjoying producing in America rather than in England?

4. Whose "plays are symbols in an exact sense of the word. A false symbol is soft and vague: a true symbol is hard and clear"?

5. "A director dealing with elements that exist outside of himself can cheat himself into thinking his work more ______ than it is."

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