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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. The author contends that the whole of pop music is a series of what on a level to which we have access?
(a) Discoveries.
(b) Rituals.
(c) Journeys.
(d) Superficiality.

2. According to Brook, "We can try to capture the invisible but we must not lose touch" with what?
(a) Money.
(b) Reality.
(c) The audience.
(d) Common sense.

3. Which country produced a television version of Ubu Roi which captivated the audience with its surrealism?
(a) Czechoslavakia.
(b) Israel.
(c) Britain.
(d) France.

4. What play does the author juxtapose against Peter Weiss' play for an example of clarity of meaning?
(a) Romeo and Juliet.
(b) Hamlet.
(c) Henry V.
(d) King Lear.

5. Where did the author, in 1946, encounter children piling into a space to watch two clowns?
(a) The Hamburg Opera.
(b) The London Globe.
(c) The Louvre.
(d) The Royal Shakespeare Company.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who created the method termed "alienation" in the theatre?

2. The author contends that "we do not know how to celebrate, because we do not know ____ to celebrate."

3. The author points out that the best dramatists explain themselves how (regarding stage direction)?

4. According to the author, "the moment a lover speaks, or a king utters, we rush to give them a" what?

5. The strongest comedy is rooted in what?

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