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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Rough Theatre, part 1 (p. 73 to 92).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In France, there are how many deadly ways of playing classical tragedy, according to the author?
(a) Four.
(b) Two.
(c) Ten.
(d) Six.

2. "The job of shifting oneself totally from one character to another--a principle on which all of Shakespeare and all of Chekhov is built--is a _______ task at any time."
(a) Tangible.
(b) Super-human.
(c) Incomprehensible.
(d) Easy.

3. The theatre is "the last forum" where what is still an open question?
(a) Beauty.
(b) War.
(c) Idealism.
(d) Love.

4. The author writes that "the theatre of the Absurd did not seek the ____ for its own sake."
(a) Glory.
(b) Truth.
(c) Realism.
(d) Unreal.

5. What "can be anywhere, any time, of any duration: nothing is required, nothing is taboo"?
(a) A Happening.
(b) A violent outbreak.
(c) An ordeal.
(d) An emotional moment.

Short Answer Questions

1. The author writes that "a most powerful explanation of the various arts is that they talk of..." what?

2. The strongest comedy is rooted in what?

3. What play does the author juxtapose against Peter Weiss' play for an example of clarity of meaning?

4. The author writes, "Of course nowhere does the Deadly Theatre install itself so securely, so comfortably and so slyly as in the works of" whom?

5. The Rough Theatre deals with men's what?

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