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

2. Whose speech in Shakespeare holds the line, "Sir, I love you more than words can wield the matter," despite the fact that the character who speaks it is considered "wicked"?
(a) Desdemona.
(b) Goneril.
(c) Juliet.
(d) Emilia.

3. Every work and every period has its own what?
(a) Style.
(b) Mannerism.
(c) Cadence.
(d) Eloquence.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The author says of Deadly Theatre, that "just the right degree of _______ is a reassuring guarantee of a worthwhile event."

2. 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"?

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

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

5. In France, there are how many deadly ways of playing classical tragedy, according to the author?

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