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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Immediate Theatre, part 2 (p 134 to 157).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Of which actor does the author say, "His tongue, his vocal chords, his feeling for rhythm compose an instrument that he has consciously developed all through his career in a running analogy with his life"?
(a) Paul Scofield.
(b) John Gielgud.
(c) Peter O'Toole.
(d) Charlie Chaplin.

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) Beckett.
(b) Pierrot.
(c) Grotowski.
(d) Gardot.

3. The author says in "The Immediate Theatre", "At least one can see that everything is a _______ for something and nothing is a _______ for everything."
(a) Theatre.
(b) Truth.
(c) Language.
(d) Banality.

4. What era was a thriving point for Jouvet and Bérard, Jean-Louis Barrault, Clave at the ballet, Don Juan, Amphitryon, La Folk de Chaillot, Carmen, and others?
(a) The 1920s.
(b) The 1800s.
(c) The 1940s.
(d) The 1960s.

5. The sort of play that Shakespeare offers us is never just what?
(a) A Holy play.
(b) A series of events.
(c) A Rough play.
(d) An enlightened tale.

Short Answer Questions

1. "On Broadway ticket prices are continually rising and, ironically, as each season grows more disastrous, each season's hit" does what?

2. Of what does the author describe, "the moment when the illogical breaks through our everyday understanding to make us open our eyes more widely"?

3. Who does the author describe as perhaps the most idiosyncratic of all theatre artists?

4. In Paris, Brook directed what show in which he did all in his power to inhibit applause, because appreciation of the actor's talents seemed irrelevant in a Concentration Camp document?

5. The true meaning of a theatre piece only becomes apparent when an audience is what?

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