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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. Within a constrained time allotted for rehearsal, what cannot occur, according to the author?
(a) Artistic risks.
(b) Creative explosion.
(c) True impulse.
(d) Finding truth.

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

3. "A man walks across this empty space whilst someone else is watching him, and this is all that is needed for an act of ______ to be engaged."
(a) Magnitude.
(b) Drama.
(c) Art.
(d) Theatre.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did the Royal Shakespeare Company's Lear find an unwilling audience?

2. The author points out that the best dramatists explain themselves how (regarding stage direction)?

3. In America, the author writes, "Years ago, ______ came into being to give a faith and continuity to those unhappy artists who were being so rapidly thrown in and out of work."

4. Approximately how long is a rehearsal process in New York, according to the author?

5. What play does the author describe his enjoying producing in America rather than in England?

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