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

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

3. Where did the Royal Shakespeare Company's Lear find an unwilling audience?
(a) California.
(b) New York.
(c) Philadelphia.
(d) Connecticut.

4. Whose recent production of Coriolanus underlines the whole question of where illusion begins and ends, according to the author (and the time the book was written)?
(a) The Berliner Ensemble's.
(b) The Royal Shakespeare Company.
(c) Old Vic.
(d) The Swan Theatre.

5. According to Brook, "Beckett's dark plays are plays of ______, where the desperate object created is witness of the ferocity of the wish to bear witness to the truth."
(a) Sorrow.
(b) Light.
(c) Questioning.
(d) Obscurity.

Short Answer Questions

1. "On Broadway ticket prices are continually rising and, ironically, as each season grows more disastrous, each season's hit" does what?

2. Who told the author, "My search is based on the director and the actor. You base yours on the director, actor, audience. I accept that this is possible, but for me it is too indirect"?

3. Of whom does the author say, "His aim continually is holy, metaphysical, yet he never makes the mistake of staying too long on the highest plane"?

4. In the cinema, who, according to the author, has single-handedly brought about a revolution by showing how relative the reality of a photographed scene can be?

5. Approximately how long is a rehearsal process in New York, according to the author?

(see the answer key)

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