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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. The theatre has often been called what?
(a) A whore.
(b) A religion.
(c) A misery.
(d) A waste.

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."
(a) Surrealist Theatre.
(b) Avant garde Theatre.
(c) Theatre of the Absurd.
(d) Theatre of Realism.

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

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

5. The author writes that in New York the most deadly element of the theatre is certainly what?
(a) Economic.
(b) Socialist.
(c) Space.
(d) Artistic.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who, according to the author, "was trained to reject cliché imitations of reality and to search for something more real in himself."

2. In America, the author writes, "Years ago, ______ came into being to give a faith and continuity to those unhappy artists who were being so rapidly thrown in and out of work."

3. What does the author contend that we have lost all sense of in modern times?

4. What does the author refer to Meyerhold's experiments as?

5. 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"?

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