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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Holy Theatre, part 2 (p 61-72).

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Within a constrained time allotted for rehearsal, what cannot occur, according to the author?
(a) True impulse.
(b) Artistic risks.
(c) Creative explosion.
(d) Finding truth.

3. What does the author refer to as "The Theatre of the Invisible-Made-Visible"?
(a) The Living Theatre.
(b) The Immediate Theatre.
(c) The Dead Theatre.
(d) The Holy Theatre.

4. In America, the author writes, "Years ago, ______ came into being to give a faith and continuity to those unhappy artists who were being so rapidly thrown in and out of work."
(a) The Neighborhood Playhouse.
(b) The Stanislavsky Method.
(c) The Stella Adler Studio.
(d) The Actor's Studio.

5. The author points out that the best dramatists explain themselves how (regarding stage direction)?
(a) The most.
(b) The least.
(c) Intricately.
(d) Creatively.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Peter Weiss' play about Auschwitz, which the author uses in example?

2. What play does the author describe his enjoying producing in America rather than in England?

3. The author writes that "the theatre of the Absurd did not seek the ____ for its own sake."

4. What does the author refer to Meyerhold's experiments as?

5. What does "Deadly Theatre" mean?

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