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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) Creative explosion.
(b) Finding truth.
(c) True impulse.
(d) Artistic risks.
2. "There is eventually a need for _______ to reach the ultimate compactness and focus that collective work is almost obliged to miss."
(a) Magnitude.
(b) Creativity.
(c) Actors.
(d) Authorship.
3. What play does the author describe his enjoying producing in America rather than in England?
(a) The Investigation.
(b) Romeo and Juliet.
(c) Hamlet.
(d) Marat/Sade.
4. Approximately how long is a rehearsal process in New York, according to the author?
(a) Three weeks.
(b) Two months.
(c) One week.
(d) Six weeks.
5. The author writes that, "All through the world theatre audiences are ______".
(a) Struggling.
(b) Dwindling.
(c) Suffering.
(d) Expanding.
Short Answer Questions
1. What British playwright does the author laud, who also works as a director and performer?
2. The author writes that New York has potentially the best audience in the world, but they don't go to the theatre. Why?
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. What is the name of Peter Weiss' play about Auschwitz, which the author uses in example?
5. What form of theatre does the author discuss first in the book?
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