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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Immediate Theatre, part 1 (p 110 to 134).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who "wanted the theatre to contain all that normally is reserved for crime and war"?
(a) Beckett.
(b) Jenet.
(c) Grotowski.
(d) Artaud.

2. What is the Haitian voodoo priest called?
(a) The Houngan.
(b) The Voodoo.
(c) The Krobodos.
(d) The Magic Man.

3. Of whom does the author say, "His aim continually is holy, metaphysical, yet he never makes the mistake of staying too long on the highest plane"?
(a) Artaud.
(b) Beckett.
(c) Shakespeare.
(d) Pinter.

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

5. The author writes, "In Haitian voodoo, all you need to begin a ceremony is a ____ and people."
(a) Pole.
(b) Ritual.
(c) Stage.
(d) Drum.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the theatre district in London called?

2. According to the author, "the moment a lover speaks, or a king utters, we rush to give them a" what?

3. According to Brook, "Beckett's dark plays are plays of ______, where the desperate object created is witness of the ferocity of the wish to bear witness to the truth."

4. Who does the author say is the most influential of modern writers?

5. In what show is the climax of the first part one in which the stage action is a scribbling graffiti of war on to vast white surfaces, while a monument is formed to colonialism and revolution?

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