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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. The author writes, "Of course nowhere does the Deadly Theatre install itself so securely, so comfortably and so slyly as in the works of" whom?
(a) Moliere.
(b) Williams.
(c) Brecht.
(d) Shakespeare.

2. The author writes of an actor who studied the part of Hamlet for how many years and never played it because the director died before it was finished?
(a) Seven.
(b) Four.
(c) Two.
(d) Ten.

3. "When the Royal Shakespeare Company's production of King Lear toured through Europe, the production was steadily improving and the best performances lay between" where?
(a) Moscow and Ukraine.
(b) Paris and Sicily.
(c) Budapest and Moscow.
(d) Norway and Ireland.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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"?

3. Which company is mentioned by the author as using time well, rehearsing approximately 12 months for performances?

4. "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."

5. What does "Deadly Theatre" mean?

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