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

2. The theatre is "the last forum" where what is still an open question?
(a) Idealism.
(b) Love.
(c) War.
(d) Beauty.

3. "There is eventually a need for _______ to reach the ultimate compactness and focus that collective work is almost obliged to miss."
(a) Authorship.
(b) Creativity.
(c) Magnitude.
(d) Actors.

4. "On Broadway ticket prices are continually rising and, ironically, as each season grows more disastrous, each season's hit" does what?
(a) Gets raves.
(b) Makes more money.
(c) Bombs.
(d) Makes less money.

5. The author contends that "we do not know how to celebrate, because we do not know ____ to celebrate."
(a) Where.
(b) Why.
(c) When.
(d) What.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who theorized the "Theatre of Cruelty"?

2. Approximately how long is a rehearsal process in New York, according to the author?

3. There is often a call for performing the classics in what way?

4. In regard to music, the author says we may make a personality cult of whom?

5. What is fast disappearing from modern-day life?

(see the answer key)

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