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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 theatre has often been called what?
(a) A waste.
(b) A whore.
(c) A misery.
(d) A religion.

2. What is the theatre district in London called?
(a) West End.
(b) SoHo.
(c) Broadway.
(d) East End.

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

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

5. "When the Royal Shakespeare Company's production of King Lear toured through Europe, the production was steadily improving and the best performances lay between" where?
(a) Moscow and Ukraine.
(b) Paris and Sicily.
(c) Norway and Ireland.
(d) Budapest and Moscow.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who wrote the libretto for House of Flowers?

3. Where did the author see a production in which a young actor "stood in front of a very old one and spoke and mimed the role with him like a reflection in a glass"?

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

5. On the first day of rehearsal of what show did its composer, Harold Arlen, arrive wearing a blue cornflower, with champagne and presents for all?

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