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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, with most experimental products, "______ is their complaint and their excuse."
(a) Religion.
(b) Love.
(c) Desperation.
(d) Poverty.

2. What British playwright does the author laud, who also works as a director and performer?
(a) Pinter.
(b) Williams.
(c) Sletteland.
(d) Shepard.

3. Who "wanted the theatre to contain all that normally is reserved for crime and war"?
(a) Jenet.
(b) Beckett.
(c) Grotowski.
(d) Artaud.

4. Approximately how long is a rehearsal process in New York, according to the author?
(a) Three weeks.
(b) One week.
(c) Six weeks.
(d) Two months.

5. 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) Williams.
(b) Shakespeare.
(c) Moliere.
(d) Brecht.

Short Answer Questions

1. "On Broadway ticket prices are continually rising and, ironically, as each season grows more disastrous, each season's hit" does what?

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

3. What play does the author juxtapose against Peter Weiss' play for an example of clarity of meaning?

4. The author claims that a "true symbol" is what?

5. In regard to music, the author says we may make a personality cult of whom?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the author remark about "style" in terms of how to approach it?

2. Describe Brook's "Theatre of Cruelty." Whose concepts and theories was this based upon?

3. Describe the difference between the Pekin Opera Company and the Formosa Opera Company.

4. What has happened to "ritual" in today's culture, as described by the author?

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

6. Describe the qualities which contribute to Deadly Theatre.

7. Discuss the playwright's role, as established by the author.

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

9. What is "The Living Theatre"?

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

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