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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Rough Theatre, part 2 (p. 93 to 109).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Grotowski's theory, "the act of performance is an act of" what?
(a) Murder.
(b) Outrage.
(c) Love.
(d) Sacrifice.

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

3. The author writes, "Of course nowhere does the Deadly Theatre install itself so securely, so comfortably and so slyly as in the works of" whom?
(a) Moliere.
(b) Brecht.
(c) Williams.
(d) Shakespeare.

4. Who wrote the libretto for House of Flowers?
(a) Harold Clurman.
(b) Truman Capote.
(c) James Jackson.
(d) Peter Brook.

5. 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"?
(a) Stanislavsky.
(b) Meyerhold.
(c) Gordon Craig.
(d) Schindler.

Short Answer Questions

1. What play does the author juxtapose against Peter Weiss' play for an example of clarity of meaning?

2. In which Shakespearean play does the Holy/Rough theatre show in Falstaff; the prose realism of the inn scenes on the one hand and the poetic levels of so much else--both elements contained within one complex whole?

3. "The actor's work is never for _______, yet always is for one."

4. "There is eventually a need for _______ to reach the ultimate compactness and focus that collective work is almost obliged to miss."

5. What play does the author describe his enjoying producing in America rather than in England?

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