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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Immediate Theatre, part 1 (p 110 to 134).

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who told the author, "My search is based on the director and the actor. You base yours on the director, actor, audience. I accept that this is possible, but for me it is too indirect"?
(a) Gardot.
(b) Pierrot.
(c) Beckett.
(d) Grotowski.

3. The author writes of productions in Russia of classical Shakespearean works which rehearsed for how long, yet were unable to perform as well as a hack company?
(a) One year.
(b) Five months.
(c) Six years.
(d) Two years.

4. What does "Deadly Theatre" mean?
(a) Bad theatre.
(b) Great theatre.
(c) Intense theatre.
(d) Avant garde theatre.

5. The author believes the science of theatre building demands studying what it is, which brings about the most what?
(a) Connectedness with the stage and audience.
(b) Vivid relationship between people.
(c) Separation of the spectators.
(d) Holiness.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The author writes, "In Haitian voodoo, all you need to begin a ceremony is a ____ and people."

3. According to the author, "the moment a lover speaks, or a king utters, we rush to give them a" what?

4. What "can be anywhere, any time, of any duration: nothing is required, nothing is taboo"?

5. What is the Haitian voodoo priest called?

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