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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the author say is "a sign and is an illustration--so it is a fragment of language"?
(a) Symbol.
(b) Action.
(c) Impulse.
(d) Metaphor.

2. One of the pioneer figures in the movement towards a renewed Shakespeare was whom?
(a) William Poel.
(b) Bertolt Brecht.
(c) Michael Crandon.
(d) Samuel Beckett.

3. The author writes that "most people could live perfectly well without any ____ at all--and even if they regretted its absence it would not hamper their functioning in any way."
(a) Art.
(b) Freedom.
(c) Love.
(d) Sex.

4. No tribute to the latent power of the theatre is as telling as that paid to it by what?
(a) Bigotry.
(b) Respect.
(c) Violence.
(d) Censorship.

5. In what Shakespearean play does the "very subtle construction hinges on the key moment when a statue comes to life"?
(a) King Lear.
(b) Midsummer Night's Dream.
(c) Hamlet.
(d) A Winter's Tale.

6. The author contends that ______ "is a model of a theatre that contains Brecht and Beckett, but goes beyond both."
(a) Shakespeare.
(b) Marlowe.
(c) Williams.
(d) Albee.

7. In the author's "formula" for creating and defining theatre, the first element is what?
(a) Representation.
(b) Truth.
(c) Assistance.
(d) Repetition.

8. In what show is the climax of the first part one in which the stage action is a scribbling graffiti of war on to vast white surfaces, while a monument is formed to colonialism and revolution?
(a) The Screens.
(b) Ubu Roi.
(c) Hamlet.
(d) Waiting for Godot.

9. Which chapter is the most autobiographical to the author?
(a) "The Instinctive Theatre."
(b) "The Rough Theatre."
(c) "The Deadly Theatre."
(d) "The Immediate Theatre."

10. 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) Charlie Chaplin.
(b) John Gielgud.
(c) Paul Scofield.
(d) Peter O'Toole.

11. In the third section of the book the author claims, "It is always the ______ theatre that saves the day."
(a) Proud.
(b) Honest.
(c) Popular.
(d) Deadly.

12. Who wrote Ubu Roi?
(a) Antoine Artaud.
(b) Merce Cunningham.
(c) Alfred Jarry.
(d) Samuel Beckett.

13. Who created the method termed "alienation" in the theatre?
(a) Brook.
(b) Brecht.
(c) Cunningham.
(d) Beckett.

14. What type of theatre is usually distinguished by the absence of what is called style?
(a) Classical Theatre.
(b) Holy Theatre.
(c) Rough Theatre.
(d) Industrial Theatre.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Of whom does the author write, "never just made a slice of life--he was a doctor who with infinite gentleness and care took thousands and thousands of fine layers off life."

2. What is the term which embodies the emotional and spiritual experience that occurs in great tragedies?

3. In which play does Leontes accuse his wife of infidelity?

4. What play was conceived by Peter Weiss, and based on many ideals of Brecht?

5. What equation does the author give for the formula we are about to be upon?

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