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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. The author writes, "Of course nowhere does the Deadly Theatre install itself so securely, so comfortably and so slyly as in the works of" whom?
(a) Moliere.
(b) Williams.
(c) Brecht.
(d) Shakespeare.

2. The author writes that, "All through the world theatre audiences are ______".
(a) Suffering.
(b) Expanding.
(c) Struggling.
(d) Dwindling.

3. Approximately how long is a rehearsal process in New York, according to the author?
(a) Two months.
(b) Three weeks.
(c) Six weeks.
(d) One week.

4. Which production does the author refer to in Paris which was a flop, so they offered three free performances?
(a) Les Miserables.
(b) Caucasian Chalk Circle.
(c) Sergeant Musgrave's Dance.
(d) La Boheme.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which Chinese Opera Company came to London and retained touch with its sources, creating something new every night?

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

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

5. What play does the author use as an example of the actor's inability to play "adjectives"?

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