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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 artist does the author refer to as a visionary who leads a theatre company in Poland?
(a) Chaim Potok.
(b) Andreas Bryg.
(c) Jerzy Grotowski.
(d) Travis Kendowski.

2. Every work and every period has its own what?
(a) Eloquence.
(b) Cadence.
(c) Mannerism.
(d) Style.

3. "When we accept Beckett's statement as it is, then suddenly all is _______."
(a) True.
(b) Transformed.
(c) Devastated.
(d) Desolate.

4. "In the theatre, the tendency for centuries has been to put the actor" where?
(a) At a remote distance.
(b) Close to us.
(c) On a screen.
(d) In the air.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The theatre is "the last forum" where what is still an open question?

3. What does the author refer to as "The Theatre of the Invisible-Made-Visible"?

4. Who "spent his life railing against the theatre of illusion, but his most treasured memories were of painted trees and forests and his eyes would light up as he described effects of trompe d'Å“il"?

5. According to Brook, "Beckett's dark plays are plays of ______, where the desperate object created is witness of the ferocity of the wish to bear witness to the truth."

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