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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 "can be anywhere, any time, of any duration: nothing is required, nothing is taboo"?
(a) An ordeal.
(b) An emotional moment.
(c) A violent outbreak.
(d) A Happening.

2. What play does the author describe his enjoying producing in America rather than in England?
(a) Romeo and Juliet.
(b) Hamlet.
(c) The Investigation.
(d) Marat/Sade.

3. "A director dealing with elements that exist outside of himself can cheat himself into thinking his work more ______ than it is."
(a) True.
(b) Subjective.
(c) Objective.
(d) Honest.

4. Where did the Royal Shakespeare Company's Lear find an unwilling audience?
(a) Connecticut.
(b) Philadelphia.
(c) New York.
(d) California.

5. "In Grotowski's terminology, the actor allows a role to '_____' him."
(a) Engulf.
(b) Embody.
(c) Swallow.
(d) Penetrate.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is fast disappearing from modern-day life?

2. "When the Royal Shakespeare Company's production of King Lear toured through Europe, the production was steadily improving and the best performances lay between" where?

3. In Grotowski's theory, "the act of performance is an act of" what?

4. "By using language illogically, by introducing the ridiculous in speech and the fantastic in behaviour, an author of the __________ opens up for himself another vocabulary."

5. Who theorized the "Theatre of Cruelty"?

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