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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In Grotowski's theory, "the act of performance is an act of" what?
(a) Sacrifice.
(b) Outrage.
(c) Love.
(d) Murder.

3. The author opines that "today the theatre of doubting, of unease, of trouble, of alarm, seems truer than the theatre" with what?
(a) A generous spirit.
(b) A happy ending.
(c) A sad ending.
(d) A noble aim.

4. What is the climax of the theatre, which is not the climax of applause?
(a) The climax of silence.
(b) The climax of relief.
(c) The climax of intent.
(d) The climax of fear.

5. 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 1800s.
(b) The 1940s.
(c) The 1960s.
(d) The 1920s.

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

7. What "can be anywhere, any time, of any duration: nothing is required, nothing is taboo"?
(a) An ordeal.
(b) A Happening.
(c) A violent outbreak.
(d) An emotional moment.

8. "The job of shifting oneself totally from one character to another--a principle on which all of Shakespeare and all of Chekhov is built--is a _______ task at any time."
(a) Super-human.
(b) Easy.
(c) Tangible.
(d) Incomprehensible.

9. What is the name of Peter Weiss' play about Auschwitz, which the author uses in example?
(a) The Diary of Anne Frank.
(b) Final Hour.
(c) Auschwitz.
(d) The Investigation.

10. There is often a call for performing the classics in what way?
(a) As they were written.
(b) In a modern way.
(c) As they were performed.
(d) Without regard to language.

11. The author claims that a "true symbol" is what?
(a) Specific.
(b) Silent.
(c) Nonexistent.
(d) Deadly.

12. According to the author, "to imitate the externals of acting only perpetuates" what?
(a) Falseness.
(b) Style.
(c) Manner.
(d) Baseness.

13. What is the Haitian voodoo priest called?
(a) The Krobodos.
(b) The Voodoo.
(c) The Houngan.
(d) The Magic Man.

14. The theory of what is: "a spectator can be jolted eventually into new sight, so that he wakes to the life around him"?
(a) Absurdism.
(b) Surrealism.
(c) Happenings.
(d) Cruelty.

15. Where did the author see a production in which a young actor "stood in front of a very old one and spoke and mimed the role with him like a reflection in a glass"?
(a) The West End.
(b) Theatre de Francaise.
(c) Broadway.
(d) Comedie Francaise.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose speech in Shakespeare holds the line, "Sir, I love you more than words can wield the matter," despite the fact that the character who speaks it is considered "wicked"?

2. The author points out that the best dramatists explain themselves how (regarding stage direction)?

3. What does the author contend that we have lost all sense of in modern times?

4. Of what play does the author write, "The optimism of the lady buried in the ground is not a virtue, it is the element that blinds her to the truth of her situation"?

5. The author says that we think of what as killing the theatre?

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