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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. "A director dealing with elements that exist outside of himself can cheat himself into thinking his work more ______ than it is."
(a) True.
(b) Objective.
(c) Honest.
(d) Subjective.

2. Which production of Genet's did the author direct in Paris where it was necessary to mix actors of very different backgrounds?
(a) The Emperor's Theme.
(b) Ubu Roi.
(c) The Balcony.
(d) Waiting for Godot.

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

4. What is the third element for creating and defining theatre, according to the author, described as the life that an audience brings into the theatre every time a play is performed?
(a) Assistance.
(b) Representation.
(c) Repetition.
(d) Truth.

5. Who does the author describe as perhaps the most idiosyncratic of all theatre artists?
(a) Designers.
(b) Critics.
(c) Directors.
(d) Actors.

Short Answer Questions

1. What words does the author refer to as lines from Madame Butterfly?

2. In performance, what is the relationship the author establishes?

3. On the first day of rehearsal of what show did its composer, Harold Arlen, arrive wearing a blue cornflower, with champagne and presents for all?

4. What does the author contend is "the only trouble with violent shocks"?

5. The author opines that "today the theatre of doubting, of unease, of trouble, of alarm, seems truer than the theatre" with what?

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