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

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

3. With whom did the author institute a group with the Royal Shakespeare Theatre called the Theatre of Cruelty?
(a) Arthur Miller.
(b) Celice Dayton.
(c) Harold Pinter.
(d) Charles Marowitz.

4. What does the "inner man" express only in his words?
(a) Fear and desire.
(b) Love and hatred.
(c) Anarchy and poetry.
(d) Lust and rage.

5. When did the author first go to Stratford?
(a) 1945.
(b) 1949.
(c) 1954.
(d) 1961.

Short Answer Questions

1. "On Broadway ticket prices are continually rising and, ironically, as each season grows more disastrous, each season's hit" does what?

2. What are audiences doing in "elevating something bad into a success"?

3. 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?

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"?

5. What British playwright does the author laud, who also works as a director and performer?

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