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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. Of what play does the author write, "The optimism of the lady buried in the ground is not a virtue, it is the element that blinds her to the truth of her situation"?
(a) Happy Days.
(b) Krapp's Last Tape.
(c) Waiting for Godot.
(d) Endgame.

2. The author writes that "the theatre of the Absurd did not seek the ____ for its own sake."
(a) Unreal.
(b) Glory.
(c) Realism.
(d) Truth.

3. Whose "theatre is as close as anyone has got to Artaud's ideal"?
(a) Cunningham's.
(b) Brook's.
(c) Beckett's.
(d) Grotowski's.

4. The author writes, "Years ago I saw a girl at the Actors' Studio approaching a speech of Lady Macbeth's by..." doing what?
(a) Screaming loudly.
(b) Standing on a cliff.
(c) Pretending to be a tree.
(d) Weeping uncontrollably.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The author writes that "a most powerful explanation of the various arts is that they talk of..." what?

2. What is the Haitian voodoo priest called?

3. What does the author say is nonexistent in today's world?

4. The author says of Deadly Theatre, that "just the right degree of _______ is a reassuring guarantee of a worthwhile event."

5. Of what does the author write, "three needs become one: it exists for the sake of performing, it earns its living through performing and its performances contain the most intense and intimate moments of its collective life"?

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