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

2. What are some of the physical aspects of the alienation effect?
(a) Sun lighting.
(b) All of the above.
(c) Realistic furniture.
(d) Placards and visible spotlights.

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

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

5. In which play does Leontes accuse his wife of infidelity?
(a) Hamlet.
(b) King Lear.
(c) A Winter's Tale.
(d) Anthony and Cleopatra.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. For which Shakespearean play is it true that "as long as scholars could not decide whether this play was a comedy or not, it never got played"?

3. The author believes the science of theatre building demands studying what it is, which brings about the most what?

4. Who "wanted the theatre to contain all that normally is reserved for crime and war"?

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

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