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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. What is the name of Peter Weiss' play about Auschwitz, which the author uses in example?
(a) The Investigation.
(b) Final Hour.
(c) The Diary of Anne Frank.
(d) Auschwitz.

2. The author writes that in New York the most deadly element of the theatre is certainly what?
(a) Artistic.
(b) Socialist.
(c) Economic.
(d) Space.

3. What does the author say is nonexistent in today's world?
(a) A fight for truth.
(b) A true theatre of joy.
(c) A competition with film.
(d) A Deadly Theatre.

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

5. The author writes that "the theatre of the Absurd did not seek the ____ for its own sake."
(a) Truth.
(b) Realism.
(c) Unreal.
(d) Glory.

Short Answer Questions

1. What used to be the great symbol of a whole school of theatre?

2. Where did the author see a production in which a young actor "stood in front of a very old one and spoke and mimed the role with him like a reflection in a glass"?

3. "There is eventually a need for _______ to reach the ultimate compactness and focus that collective work is almost obliged to miss."

4. What does the "inner man" express only in his words?

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

(see the answer key)

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