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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. A word is an end product which begins with what?
(a) A motion.
(b) A thought.
(c) An impulse.
(d) An idea.

2. Who, according to the author, "was trained to reject cliché imitations of reality and to search for something more real in himself."
(a) The Chekhovian Actor.
(b) The Method Actor.
(c) The Classical Actor.
(d) The Meisner Actor.

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

4. 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) Happy Days.
(b) Waiting for Godot.
(c) Endgame.
(d) Krapp's Last Tape.

5. Brook claims there are two ways of "speaking about the human condition: there is the process of inspiration" and the process of what?
(a) Truth.
(b) Fear.
(c) Honest vision.
(d) Desire.

Short Answer Questions

1. Every work and every period has its own what?

2. What does the author refer to as "The Theatre of the Invisible-Made-Visible"?

3. What is fast disappearing from modern-day life?

4. Who once did a production of Love's Labour's Lost where the character called Constable Dull was dressed as a Victorian policeman because his name at once conjured up the typical figure of the London bobby?

5. When did the author first go to Stratford?

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