2. The author writes, "Years ago I saw a girl at the Actors' Studio approaching a speech of Lady Macbeth's by..." doing what?
(a) Pretending to be a tree.
(b) Weeping uncontrollably.
(c) Standing on a cliff.
(d) Screaming loudly.

3. Which Chinese Opera Company came to London and retained touch with its sources, creating something new every night?
(a) Formosa Opera Company.
(b) Pekin Opera Company.
(c) Xing Opera Company.
(d) Siam Opera Company.

4. Whose speech in Shakespeare holds the line, "Sir, I love you more than words can wield the matter," despite the fact that the character who speaks it is considered "wicked"?
(a) Goneril.
(b) Desdemona.
(c) Juliet.
(d) Emilia.

5. What are audiences doing in "elevating something bad into a success"?
(a) Being idiots.
(b) Cheating themselves.
(c) Cheating the critics.
(d) Lying to the authors.

Short Answer Questions

1. "The job of shifting oneself totally from one character to another--a principle on which all of Shakespeare and all of Chekhov is built--is a _______ task at any time."

2. The theatre has often been called what?

3. What form of theatre does the author discuss first in the book?

4. "On Broadway ticket prices are continually rising and, ironically, as each season grows more disastrous, each season's hit" does what?

5. "There is eventually a need for _______ to reach the ultimate compactness and focus that collective work is almost obliged to miss."

(see the answer key)

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