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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. According to the author, with most experimental products, "______ is their complaint and their excuse."
(a) Desperation.
(b) Love.
(c) Religion.
(d) Poverty.

2. Whose "plays are symbols in an exact sense of the word. A false symbol is soft and vague: a true symbol is hard and clear"?
(a) James Joyce.
(b) Harold Pinter.
(c) Samuel Beckett.
(d) Tennessee Williams.

3. According to the author, "the moment a lover speaks, or a king utters, we rush to give them a" what?
(a) Applause.
(b) Label.
(c) Feeling.
(d) Necessity.

4. What does the author refer to Meyerhold's experiments as?
(a) Physiological.
(b) Psychological.
(c) Humanistic.
(d) Bio-mechanical.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What form of theatre does the author discuss first in the book?

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

3. Which company is mentioned by the author as using time well, rehearsing approximately 12 months for performances?

4. There is often a call for performing the classics in what way?

5. "In Grotowski's terminology, the actor allows a role to '_____' him."

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