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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 productions in Russia of classical Shakespearean works which rehearsed for how long, yet were unable to perform as well as a hack company?
(a) Five months.
(b) One year.
(c) Six years.
(d) Two years.
2. In regard to music, the author says we may make a personality cult of whom?
(a) The musician.
(b) The conductor.
(c) The soloist.
(d) The song writer.
3. On the first day of rehearsal of what show did its composer, Harold Arlen, arrive wearing a blue cornflower, with champagne and presents for all?
(a) Death of a Salesman.
(b) Les Miserables.
(c) House of Flowers.
(d) La Boheme.
4. 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) Emilia.
(b) Juliet.
(c) Desdemona.
(d) Goneril.
5. Who does the author say is the most influential of modern writers?
(a) Tennessee Williams.
(b) Bertolt Brecht.
(c) Merce Cunningham.
(d) Clifford Odets.
Short Answer Questions
1. "The job of shifting oneself totally from one character to another--a principle on which all of Shakespeare and all of Chekhov is built--is a _______ task at any time."
2. The author writes that "a most powerful explanation of the various arts is that they talk of..." what?
3. What is the name of Peter Weiss' play about Auschwitz, which the author uses in example?
4. The author says that we think of what as killing the theatre?
5. When did the author first go to Stratford?
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