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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. What play does the author describe his enjoying producing in America rather than in England?
(a) Marat/Sade.
(b) The Investigation.
(c) Hamlet.
(d) Romeo and Juliet.

2. 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"?
(a) James Joyce.
(b) Harold Pinter.
(c) Samuel Beckett.
(d) Tennessee Williams.

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

4. In what Shakespearean play does the "very subtle construction hinges on the key moment when a statue comes to life"?
(a) King Lear.
(b) Hamlet.
(c) A Winter's Tale.
(d) Midsummer Night's Dream.

5. The author writes that New York has potentially the best audience in the world, but they don't go to the theatre. Why?
(a) The creative impulse doesn't exist.
(b) The lack of culture.
(c) The work is too shabby.
(d) The price is too high.

Short Answer Questions

1. The sort of play that Shakespeare offers us is never just what?

2. The author writes, "In Haitian voodoo, all you need to begin a ceremony is a ____ and people."

3. In America, the author writes, "Years ago, ______ came into being to give a faith and continuity to those unhappy artists who were being so rapidly thrown in and out of work."

4. What play was conceived by Peter Weiss, and based on many ideals of Brecht?

5. "In the theatre, the tendency for centuries has been to put the actor" where?

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