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

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

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

4. 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) Emilia.
(b) Desdemona.
(c) Juliet.
(d) Goneril.

5. The author says that we think of what as killing the theatre?
(a) Burlesque.
(b) Television.
(c) Art museums.
(d) Cinema.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is fast disappearing from modern-day life?

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

4. According to the author, "to imitate the externals of acting only perpetuates" what?

5. "A man walks across this empty space whilst someone else is watching him, and this is all that is needed for an act of ______ to be engaged."

(see the answer key)

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