1. In regard to music, the author says we may make a personality cult of whom?
(a) The soloist.
(b) The conductor.
(c) The song writer.
(d) The musician.

2. What is the name of Peter Weiss' play about Auschwitz, which the author uses in example?
(a) Auschwitz.
(b) Final Hour.
(c) The Investigation.
(d) The Diary of Anne Frank.

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

4. The author contends that the whole of pop music is a series of what on a level to which we have access?
(a) Discoveries.
(b) Superficiality.
(c) Journeys.
(d) Rituals.

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) Brecht.
(b) Williams.
(c) Shakespeare.
(d) Moliere.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose speech in Shakespeare holds the line, "Sir, I love you more than words can wield the matter," despite the fact that the character who speaks it is considered "wicked"?

2. What is the theatre district in London called?

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

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

5. What are audiences doing in "elevating something bad into a success"?

(see the answer key)

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