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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. What "is above all an appeal to the spectator to work for himself, so to become more and more responsible for accepting what he sees only if it is convincing to him in an adult way"?
(a) Absurdism.
(b) Romance.
(c) Realism.
(d) Alienation.

2. "Occasion, Event, Happening--the words are..." what?
(a) Positive.
(b) Interchangeable.
(c) Dangerous.
(d) Opposing.

3. The author writes that "a most powerful explanation of the various arts is that they talk of..." what?
(a) Light.
(b) Beauty.
(c) Emotion.
(d) Patterns.

4. Which Chinese Opera Company came to London and retained touch with its sources, creating something new every night?
(a) Xing Opera Company.
(b) Siam Opera Company.
(c) Formosa Opera Company.
(d) Pekin Opera Company.

5. 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?
(a) Moliere.
(b) Williams.
(c) Shakespeare.
(d) Brecht.

Short Answer Questions

1. In which traditional theatre do actors pass knowledge orally from father to son?

2. 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."

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

4. "A man walks across this empty space whilst someone else is watching him, and this is all that is needed for an act of ______ to be engaged."

5. 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"?

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