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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) True impulse.
(b) Artistic risks.
(c) Finding truth.
(d) Creative explosion.

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

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

4. 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) Ten.
(c) Two.
(d) Four.

5. "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) Budapest and Moscow.
(b) Moscow and Ukraine.
(c) Paris and Sicily.
(d) Norway and Ireland.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the author, "the moment a lover speaks, or a king utters, we rush to give them a" what?

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

3. "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."

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

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