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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. The theory of what is: "a spectator can be jolted eventually into new sight, so that he wakes to the life around him"?
(a) Surrealism.
(b) Absurdism.
(c) Cruelty.
(d) Happenings.

2. Of whom does the author say, "can write the most eloquent language, but the amazing impressions in his plays are very often brought about by the visual inventions with which he juxtaposes serious, beautiful, grotesque and ridiculous elements"?
(a) Jean Genet.
(b) Alfred Jarry.
(c) Shakespeare.
(d) Samuel Beckett.

3. Of what play does the author write, "The optimism of the lady buried in the ground is not a virtue, it is the element that blinds her to the truth of her situation"?
(a) Waiting for Godot.
(b) Endgame.
(c) Krapp's Last Tape.
(d) Happy Days.

4. In which Shakespearean play is a main character named Cornelia?
(a) Hamlet.
(b) Faust.
(c) King Lear.
(d) Romeo and Juliet.

5. In Paris, Brook directed what show in which he did all in his power to inhibit applause, because appreciation of the actor's talents seemed irrelevant in a Concentration Camp document?
(a) The Investigation.
(b) The Tempest.
(c) Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolfe?
(d) The Representative.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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."

2. "The epic writer of _____ plays seldom brings to his work this same fine sense of human individuality: perhaps because he is unwilling to regard a man's strength and a man's weakness with equal impartiality."

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

4. 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"?

5. On the first day of rehearsal of what show did its composer, Harold Arlen, arrive wearing a blue cornflower, with champagne and presents for all?

(see the answer key)

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