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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. "Both [rough and holy] theatres feed on deep and true ______ in their audiences."
(a) Love.
(b) Aspirations.
(c) Attention.
(d) Acceptance.

2. Who wrote Ubu Roi?
(a) Samuel Beckett.
(b) Alfred Jarry.
(c) Antoine Artaud.
(d) Merce Cunningham.

3. The author writes that "the theatre of the Absurd did not seek the ____ for its own sake."
(a) Realism.
(b) Glory.
(c) Truth.
(d) Unreal.

4. The author opines that "today the theatre of doubting, of unease, of trouble, of alarm, seems truer than the theatre" with what?
(a) A sad ending.
(b) A generous spirit.
(c) A noble aim.
(d) A happy ending.

5. "When we accept Beckett's statement as it is, then suddenly all is _______."
(a) Transformed.
(b) True.
(c) Devastated.
(d) Desolate.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who "is the key figure of our time, and all theatre work today at some point starts or returns to his statements and achievement," according to Brook?

2. Which Chinese Opera Company came to London and retained touch with its sources, creating something new every night?

3. The author writes that "a most powerful explanation of the various arts is that they talk of..." what?

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

5. What play does the author describe his enjoying producing in America rather than in England?

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