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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) Two years.
(b) Six years.
(c) One year.
(d) Five months.

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

3. What play does the author use as an example of the actor's inability to play "adjectives"?
(a) A Midsummer Night's Dream.
(b) King Lear.
(c) Hamlet.
(d) Romeo and Juliet.

4. 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"?
(a) The West End.
(b) Broadway.
(c) Comedie Francaise.
(d) Theatre de Francaise.

5. Approximately how long is a rehearsal process in New York, according to the author?
(a) Two months.
(b) Six weeks.
(c) Three weeks.
(d) One week.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote the libretto for House of Flowers?

2. What era was a thriving point for Jouvet and Bérard, Jean-Louis Barrault, Clave at the ballet, Don Juan, Amphitryon, La Folk de Chaillot, Carmen, and others?

3. Every work and every period has its own what?

4. The theatre is "the last forum" where what is still an open question?

5. In which traditional theatre do actors pass knowledge orally from father to son?

(see the answer key)

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