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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. "Figaro or Falstaff or Tartuffe lampoon and debunk through laughter, and the author's purpose is to bring about a _______."
(a) Vision of truth.
(b) Radical anarchy.
(c) Social change.
(d) Tear to the eye.

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

3. "Just as in life the wearing of old clothes can start as defiance and turn into a posture, so ______ can become an end in itself."
(a) Roughness.
(b) Beauty.
(c) Holiness.
(d) Style.

4. "By using language illogically, by introducing the ridiculous in speech and the fantastic in behaviour, an author of the __________ opens up for himself another vocabulary."
(a) Surrealist Theatre.
(b) Avant garde Theatre.
(c) Theatre of the Absurd.
(d) Theatre of Realism.

5. What French surrealist of the theatre does the author mention in "Rough Theatre"?
(a) Zouicher.
(b) Cocteaux.
(c) Robeieux.
(d) Jarry.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the author contend that we have lost all sense of in modern times?

2. What is the theatre district in London called?

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

4. In Grotowski's theory, "the act of performance is an act of" what?

5. What does the author say is nonexistent in today's world?

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