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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Holy Theatre, part 1 (p 47 to 61).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did the author first go to Stratford?
(a) 1961.
(b) 1954.
(c) 1945.
(d) 1949.

2. The author refers to Broadway not as a jungle, but a what?
(a) Machine.
(b) Monster.
(c) Forest.
(d) Man.

3. What era was a thriving point for Jouvet and Bérard, Jean-Louis Barrault, Clave at the ballet, Don Juan, Amphitryon, La Folk de Chaillot, Carmen, and others?
(a) The 1920s.
(b) The 1800s.
(c) The 1940s.
(d) The 1960s.

4. What does the author contend is "the only trouble with violent shocks"?
(a) That they are empty.
(b) That they arrest thought.
(c) That they wear off.
(d) That they are false.

5. The author says that we think of what as killing the theatre?
(a) Burlesque.
(b) Cinema.
(c) Art museums.
(d) Television.

Short Answer Questions

1. The author points out that the best dramatists explain themselves how (regarding stage direction)?

2. "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."

3. What play does the author juxtapose against Peter Weiss' play for an example of clarity of meaning?

4. The author writes that in New York the most deadly element of the theatre is certainly what?

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

(see the answer key)

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