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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. 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) Beckett.
(b) Artaud.
(c) Shakespeare.
(d) Pinter.

2. Which chapter is the most autobiographical to the author?
(a) "The Immediate Theatre."
(b) "The Deadly Theatre."
(c) "The Rough Theatre."
(d) "The Instinctive Theatre."

3. What does "Deadly Theatre" mean?
(a) Bad theatre.
(b) Avant garde theatre.
(c) Intense theatre.
(d) Great theatre.

4. In which Shakespearean play is a main character named Cornelia?
(a) Hamlet.
(b) King Lear.
(c) Faust.
(d) Romeo and Juliet.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Of whom does the author write, "never just made a slice of life--he was a doctor who with infinite gentleness and care took thousands and thousands of fine layers off life."

2. "When the Royal Shakespeare Company's production of King Lear toured through Europe, the production was steadily improving and the best performances lay between" where?

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

4. Which production of Genet's did the author direct in Paris where it was necessary to mix actors of very different backgrounds?

5. What does the author refer to as "The Theatre of the Invisible-Made-Visible"?

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