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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. What used to be the great symbol of a whole school of theatre?
(a) The footlights.
(b) The Curtain.
(c) The stage.
(d) The orchestra.

2. Approximately how long is a rehearsal process in New York, according to the author?
(a) Two months.
(b) Six weeks.
(c) Three weeks.
(d) One week.

3. The author writes that, "All through the world theatre audiences are ______".
(a) Struggling.
(b) Dwindling.
(c) Suffering.
(d) Expanding.

4. Which production does the author refer to in Paris which was a flop, so they offered three free performances?
(a) Caucasian Chalk Circle.
(b) La Boheme.
(c) Sergeant Musgrave's Dance.
(d) Les Miserables.

5. According to the author, "the moment a lover speaks, or a king utters, we rush to give them a" what?
(a) Label.
(b) Necessity.
(c) Feeling.
(d) Applause.

Short Answer Questions

1. There is often a call for performing the classics in what way?

2. What is the climax of the theatre, which is not the climax of applause?

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

4. Every work and every period has its own what?

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

(see the answer key)

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