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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Deadly Theatre, part 2 (p. 30-46).

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. The author says that we think of what as killing the theatre?
(a) Art museums.
(b) Television.
(c) Cinema.
(d) Burlesque.

4. What does the author say is nonexistent in today's world?
(a) A fight for truth.
(b) A true theatre of joy.
(c) A competition with film.
(d) A Deadly Theatre.

5. The author writes that in New York the most deadly element of the theatre is certainly what?
(a) Economic.
(b) Socialist.
(c) Space.
(d) Artistic.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who challenged Stanislavsky, proposing a different style of playing?

2. Which production does the author refer to in Paris which was a flop, so they offered three free performances?

3. Where did the author see a production in which a young actor "stood in front of a very old one and spoke and mimed the role with him like a reflection in a glass"?

4. The author writes, "Years ago I saw a girl at the Actors' Studio approaching a speech of Lady Macbeth's by..." doing what?

5. What does "Deadly Theatre" mean?

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