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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. Brook claims there are two ways of "speaking about the human condition: there is the process of inspiration" and the process of what?
(a) Truth.
(b) Desire.
(c) Honest vision.
(d) Fear.

2. "In Grotowski's terminology, the actor allows a role to '_____' him."
(a) Swallow.
(b) Engulf.
(c) Embody.
(d) Penetrate.

3. 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."
(a) The Stella Adler Studio.
(b) The Actor's Studio.
(c) The Stanislavsky Method.
(d) The Neighborhood Playhouse.

4. What form of theatre does the author discuss first in the book?
(a) Deadly Theatre.
(b) Holy Theatre.
(c) Immediate Theatre.
(d) Bad Theatre.

5. What British playwright does the author laud, who also works as a director and performer?
(a) Williams.
(b) Shepard.
(c) Sletteland.
(d) Pinter.

Short Answer Questions

1. "In the theatre, the tendency for centuries has been to put the actor" where?

2. "A man walks across this empty space whilst someone else is watching him, and this is all that is needed for an act of ______ to be engaged."

3. Joan Littlewood dressed her soldiers as what to create an alienation effect?

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

5. Who "is the key figure of our time, and all theatre work today at some point starts or returns to his statements and achievement," according to Brook?

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