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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What play does the author juxtapose against Peter Weiss' play for an example of clarity of meaning?
(a) Henry V.
(b) Hamlet.
(c) Romeo and Juliet.
(d) King Lear.

3. What does the author refer to Meyerhold's experiments as?
(a) Bio-mechanical.
(b) Humanistic.
(c) Physiological.
(d) Psychological.

4. "A man walks across this empty space whilst someone else is watching him, and this is all that is needed for an act of ______ to be engaged."
(a) Art.
(b) Magnitude.
(c) Drama.
(d) Theatre.

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

6. The author says of Deadly Theatre, that "just the right degree of _______ is a reassuring guarantee of a worthwhile event."
(a) Boringness.
(b) Celebration.
(c) Intellectualism.
(d) Spectacle.

7. The author writes that, "All through the world theatre audiences are ______".
(a) Dwindling.
(b) Struggling.
(c) Expanding.
(d) Suffering.

8. In which traditional theatre do actors pass knowledge orally from father to son?
(a) Indian Theatre.
(b) Noh Theatre.
(c) French Theatre.
(d) Shakespearean Theatre.

9. "In Grotowski's terminology, the actor allows a role to '_____' him."
(a) Swallow.
(b) Penetrate.
(c) Engulf.
(d) Embody.

10. In America, the author writes, "Years ago, ______ came into being to give a faith and continuity to those unhappy artists who were being so rapidly thrown in and out of work."
(a) The Neighborhood Playhouse.
(b) The Stanislavsky Method.
(c) The Actor's Studio.
(d) The Stella Adler Studio.

11. Which Chinese Opera Company came to London and retained touch with its sources, creating something new every night?
(a) Pekin Opera Company.
(b) Xing Opera Company.
(c) Formosa Opera Company.
(d) Siam Opera Company.

12. Who challenged Stanislavsky, proposing a different style of playing?
(a) Chekhov.
(b) Meisner.
(c) Meyerhold.
(d) Adler.

13. Whose "plays are symbols in an exact sense of the word. A false symbol is soft and vague: a true symbol is hard and clear"?
(a) Tennessee Williams.
(b) James Joyce.
(c) Harold Pinter.
(d) Samuel Beckett.

14. 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) Rituals.
(c) Journeys.
(d) Superficiality.

15. In France, there are how many deadly ways of playing classical tragedy, according to the author?
(a) Six.
(b) Four.
(c) Two.
(d) Ten.

Short Answer Questions

1. What British playwright does the author laud, who also works as a director and performer?

2. The author writes, "In Haitian voodoo, all you need to begin a ceremony is a ____ and people."

3. What is the Haitian voodoo priest called?

4. The theatre has often been called what?

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

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