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

2. The author contends that the whole of pop music is a series of what on a level to which we have access?
(a) Superficiality.
(b) Discoveries.
(c) Rituals.
(d) Journeys.

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) Shakespeare.
(d) Williams.

4. 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) Grotowski.
(c) Pierrot.
(d) Gardot.

5. Meaning and reaction can only be discerned when an audience allows for a moment of transition from the world of the play into what?
(a) The imaginary.
(b) The world of life.
(c) Their fantasy.
(d) Their dreams.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which production of Genet's did the author direct in Paris where it was necessary to mix actors of very different backgrounds?

2. The aim of acting exercises and improvisation in rehearsals is always the same, according to the actor, which is what?

3. What are audiences doing in "elevating something bad into a success"?

4. What are some of the physical aspects of the alienation effect?

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

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