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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Holy Theatre, part 1 (p 47 to 61).

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Approximately how long is a rehearsal process in New York, according to the author?
(a) One week.
(b) Three weeks.
(c) Two months.
(d) Six weeks.

3. The author contends that the whole of pop music is a series of what on a level to which we have access?
(a) Journeys.
(b) Discoveries.
(c) Rituals.
(d) Superficiality.

4. What used to be the great symbol of a whole school of theatre?
(a) The orchestra.
(b) The footlights.
(c) The Curtain.
(d) The stage.

5. Who, according to the author, "was trained to reject cliché imitations of reality and to search for something more real in himself."
(a) The Classical Actor.
(b) The Method Actor.
(c) The Meisner Actor.
(d) The Chekhovian Actor.

Short Answer Questions

1. The author points out that the best dramatists explain themselves how (regarding stage direction)?

2. What is the climax of the theatre, which is not the climax of applause?

3. "On Broadway ticket prices are continually rising and, ironically, as each season grows more disastrous, each season's hit" does what?

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. The author writes that, "All through the world theatre audiences are ______".

(see the answer key)

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