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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. The author writes of productions in Russia of classical Shakespearean works which rehearsed for how long, yet were unable to perform as well as a hack company?
(a) One year.
(b) Six years.
(c) Five months.
(d) Two years.

2. Of what does the author write, "three needs become one: it exists for the sake of performing, it earns its living through performing and its performances contain the most intense and intimate moments of its collective life"?
(a) The Theatre of Cruelty.
(b) The Laboratory.
(c) The Living Theatre.
(d) The Motion Picture Industry.

3. In France, there are how many deadly ways of playing classical tragedy, according to the author?
(a) Six.
(b) Two.
(c) Ten.
(d) Four.

4. The Rough Theatre deals with men's what?
(a) Souls.
(b) Love.
(c) Actions.
(d) Laughter.

5. "Anyone interested in processes in the natural world would be very rewarded by a study of" what?
(a) Playwriting.
(b) Architecture.
(c) Theatre conditions.
(d) Acting.

Short Answer Questions

1. The author writes that in New York the most deadly element of the theatre is certainly what?

2. What is the name of Peter Weiss' play about Auschwitz, which the author uses in example?

3. "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?

4. What era was a thriving point for Jouvet and Bérard, Jean-Louis Barrault, Clave at the ballet, Don Juan, Amphitryon, La Folk de Chaillot, Carmen, and others?

5. What does the author refer to Meyerhold's experiments as?

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