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

2. "There is eventually a need for _______ to reach the ultimate compactness and focus that collective work is almost obliged to miss."
(a) Authorship.
(b) Creativity.
(c) Magnitude.
(d) Actors.

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

4. In which traditional theatre do actors pass knowledge orally from father to son?
(a) Shakespearean Theatre.
(b) Noh Theatre.
(c) Indian Theatre.
(d) French Theatre.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. There is often a call for performing the classics in what way?

2. What is fast disappearing from modern-day life?

3. What is the theatre district in London called?

4. What does the author say is nonexistent in today's world?

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

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