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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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?
(a) Les Miserables.
(b) Death of a Salesman.
(c) La Boheme.
(d) House of Flowers.

3. The theatre has often been called what?
(a) A waste.
(b) A misery.
(c) A whore.
(d) A religion.

4. What does "Deadly Theatre" mean?
(a) Intense theatre.
(b) Avant garde theatre.
(c) Great theatre.
(d) Bad theatre.

5. 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"?
(a) Endgame.
(b) Krapp's Last Tape.
(c) Happy Days.
(d) Waiting for Godot.

Short Answer Questions

1. With whom did the author institute a group with the Royal Shakespeare Theatre called the Theatre of Cruelty?

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

3. When did the author first go to Stratford?

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

5. A word is an end product which begins with what?

Short Essay Questions

1. What American dancer does the author discuss, and what does his work entail?

2. What does the author say about New York theatre and its economic focus?

3. How does "change" relate to the theatre and its success?

4. What does the author say of Artaud's contribution to "The Holy Theatre"?

5. Who is the third theatre practitioner the author discusses regarding examples of Holy Theatre, and why?

6. What metaphor does the author use for the theatre in the first section of the book, and what is his meaning?

7. How can one produce Shakespeare and not fall into the realm of "Deadly" theatre?

8. What similarity ties the three artists whom the author discusses in "The Holy Theatre"?

9. What role does the critic play in the world of theatre?

10. What does the author say in discussing the removal of the symbolic curtain in the theatre?

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