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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. Which company is mentioned by the author as using time well, rehearsing approximately 12 months for performances?
(a) The Berliner Ensemble.
(b) Comedie Francaise.
(c) The National Theatre.
(d) The Pekin Opera.

2. What does "Deadly Theatre" mean?
(a) Intense theatre.
(b) Avant garde theatre.
(c) Bad theatre.
(d) Great theatre.

3. The author points out that the best dramatists explain themselves how (regarding stage direction)?
(a) Intricately.
(b) Creatively.
(c) The most.
(d) The least.

4. A word is an end product which begins with what?
(a) An impulse.
(b) An idea.
(c) A motion.
(d) A thought.

5. There is often a call for performing the classics in what way?
(a) As they were written.
(b) In a modern way.
(c) As they were performed.
(d) Without regard to language.

Short Answer Questions

1. In America, the author writes, "Years ago, ______ came into being to give a faith and continuity to those unhappy artists who were being so rapidly thrown in and out of work."

2. "The job of shifting oneself totally from one character to another--a principle on which all of Shakespeare and all of Chekhov is built--is a _______ task at any time."

3. What play does the author juxtapose against Peter Weiss' play for an example of clarity of meaning?

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

5. The author writes that New York has potentially the best audience in the world, but they don't go to the theatre. Why?

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