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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. Of what does the author write, "three needs become one: it exists for the sake of performing, it earns its living through performing and its performances contain the most intense and intimate moments of its collective life"?
(a) The Motion Picture Industry.
(b) The Laboratory.
(c) The Living Theatre.
(d) The Theatre of Cruelty.

2. The author refers to Broadway not as a jungle, but a what?
(a) Man.
(b) Forest.
(c) Machine.
(d) Monster.

3. "In the theatre, the tendency for centuries has been to put the actor" where?
(a) At a remote distance.
(b) Close to us.
(c) On a screen.
(d) In the air.

4. When did the author first go to Stratford?
(a) 1949.
(b) 1961.
(c) 1954.
(d) 1945.

5. Within a constrained time allotted for rehearsal, what cannot occur, according to the author?
(a) True impulse.
(b) Artistic risks.
(c) Creative explosion.
(d) Finding truth.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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"?

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

3. The author writes, "Years ago I saw a girl at the Actors' Studio approaching a speech of Lady Macbeth's by..." doing what?

4. The theatre is "the last forum" where what is still an open question?

5. "There is eventually a need for _______ to reach the ultimate compactness and focus that collective work is almost obliged to miss."

Short Essay Questions

1. What is "The Happening," and what difficulty does it pose?

2. How does the author tie Haitian voodoo to the art of performance?

3. How is "The Happening" similar to the Haitian voodoo ritual?

4. How do Deadly Theatre and Shakespeare intersect?

5. What is a "deadly" actor, and what contributes to this?

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

7. How does the author compare the "deadly theatre" to the "deadly bore?"

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

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

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

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