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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 the Royal Shakespeare Company's production of King Lear toured through Europe, the production was steadily improving and the best performances lay between" where?
(a) Norway and Ireland.
(b) Paris and Sicily.
(c) Budapest and Moscow.
(d) Moscow and Ukraine.

2. What play does the author use as an example of the actor's inability to play "adjectives"?
(a) A Midsummer Night's Dream.
(b) King Lear.
(c) Romeo and Juliet.
(d) Hamlet.

3. Which country produced a television version of Ubu Roi which captivated the audience with its surrealism?
(a) Britain.
(b) Israel.
(c) France.
(d) Czechoslavakia.

4. What is the earliest relationship during the performance/rehearsal process?
(a) Director/designer/actor.
(b) Director/subject/designer.
(c) Director/designer/audience.
(d) Director/actor/audience.

5. According to Brook, "We can try to capture the invisible but we must not lose touch" with what?
(a) The audience.
(b) Reality.
(c) Money.
(d) Common sense.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the author say is nonexistent in today's world?

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

3. The author writes, "What has not been appreciated sufficiently is that the freedom of movement of the ____ theatre was not only a matter of scenery."

4. In which play does Leontes accuse his wife of infidelity?

5. In which traditional theatre do actors pass knowledge orally from father to son?

(see the answer key)

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