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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. Who wrote the libretto for House of Flowers?
(a) Peter Brook.
(b) Harold Clurman.
(c) Truman Capote.
(d) James Jackson.

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

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

4. What is fast disappearing from modern-day life?
(a) Understanding of truths.
(b) Imperial gestures.
(c) Beliefs in ideals.
(d) Creative impulses.

5. The author refers to Broadway not as a jungle, but a what?
(a) Monster.
(b) Forest.
(c) Machine.
(d) Man.

Short Answer Questions

1. The author writes that, "All through the world theatre audiences are ______".

2. The author says that we think of what as killing the theatre?

3. 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?

4. Who, according to the author, "was trained to reject cliché imitations of reality and to search for something more real in himself."

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

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