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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 is the name of Peter Weiss' play about Auschwitz, which the author uses in example?
(a) The Diary of Anne Frank.
(b) Auschwitz.
(c) The Investigation.
(d) Final Hour.

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

3. According to the author, "to imitate the externals of acting only perpetuates" what?
(a) Falseness.
(b) Baseness.
(c) Manner.
(d) Style.

4. The author writes that New York has potentially the best audience in the world, but they don't go to the theatre. Why?
(a) The price is too high.
(b) The work is too shabby.
(c) The creative impulse doesn't exist.
(d) The lack of culture.

5. What play does the author describe his enjoying producing in America rather than in England?
(a) Hamlet.
(b) The Investigation.
(c) Romeo and Juliet.
(d) Marat/Sade.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Every work and every period has its own what?

4. The author writes, "Years ago I saw a girl at the Actors' Studio approaching a speech of Lady Macbeth's by..." doing what?

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

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