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

2. What form of theatre does the author discuss first in the book?
(a) Immediate Theatre.
(b) Holy Theatre.
(c) Deadly Theatre.
(d) Bad Theatre.

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

4. The author claims that a "true symbol" is what?
(a) Nonexistent.
(b) Silent.
(c) Deadly.
(d) Specific.

5. In Grotowski's theory, "the act of performance is an act of" what?
(a) Murder.
(b) Sacrifice.
(c) Outrage.
(d) Love.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Brook, "We can try to capture the invisible but we must not lose touch" with what?

2. In regard to music, the author says we may make a personality cult of whom?

3. Within a constrained time allotted for rehearsal, what cannot occur, according to the author?

4. The author writes that, "All through the world theatre audiences are ______".

5. The author writes, "Years ago I saw a girl at the Actors' Studio approaching a speech of Lady Macbeth's by..." doing what?

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