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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. 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) Ten.
(b) Two.
(c) Four.
(d) Seven.

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

3. Which production does the author refer to in Paris which was a flop, so they offered three free performances?
(a) La Boheme.
(b) Caucasian Chalk Circle.
(c) Sergeant Musgrave's Dance.
(d) Les Miserables.

4. Where did the author, in 1946, encounter children piling into a space to watch two clowns?
(a) The Louvre.
(b) The Royal Shakespeare Company.
(c) The Hamburg Opera.
(d) The London Globe.

5. What does the author contend that we have lost all sense of in modern times?
(a) Nobility.
(b) Love.
(c) Worship.
(d) Ritual.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who challenged Stanislavsky, proposing a different style of playing?

3. The author refers to Broadway not as a jungle, but a what?

4. Who wrote the libretto for House of Flowers?

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

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