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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. Whose speech in Shakespeare holds the line, "Sir, I love you more than words can wield the matter," despite the fact that the character who speaks it is considered "wicked"?
(a) Desdemona.
(b) Goneril.
(c) Juliet.
(d) Emilia.

2. Who wrote the libretto for House of Flowers?
(a) Truman Capote.
(b) James Jackson.
(c) Harold Clurman.
(d) Peter Brook.

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

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

5. Who "wanted the theatre to contain all that normally is reserved for crime and war"?
(a) Grotowski.
(b) Artaud.
(c) Jenet.
(d) Beckett.

Short Answer Questions

1. Within a constrained time allotted for rehearsal, what cannot occur, according to the author?

2. Who, according to the author, "was trained to reject cliché imitations of reality and to search for something more real in himself."

3. What does "Deadly Theatre" mean?

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

5. "The actor's work is never for _______, yet always is for one."

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