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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 is "the only trouble with violent shocks"?
(a) That they are false.
(b) That they are empty.
(c) That they arrest thought.
(d) That they wear off.

2. In which traditional theatre do actors pass knowledge orally from father to son?
(a) Indian Theatre.
(b) French Theatre.
(c) Shakespearean Theatre.
(d) Noh Theatre.

3. In France, there are how many deadly ways of playing classical tragedy, according to the author?
(a) Four.
(b) Two.
(c) Ten.
(d) Six.

4. Brook claims there are two ways of "speaking about the human condition: there is the process of inspiration" and the process of what?
(a) Truth.
(b) Desire.
(c) Fear.
(d) Honest vision.

5. In regard to music, the author says we may make a personality cult of whom?
(a) The soloist.
(b) The song writer.
(c) The conductor.
(d) The musician.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the theatre district in London called?

2. What is the climax of the theatre, which is not the climax of applause?

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

4. Where did the Royal Shakespeare Company's Lear find an unwilling audience?

5. What is the Haitian voodoo priest called?

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