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

2. The author writes, "In Haitian voodoo, all you need to begin a ceremony is a ____ and people."
(a) Stage.
(b) Ritual.
(c) Pole.
(d) Drum.

3. "Occasion, Event, Happening--the words are..." what?
(a) Positive.
(b) Interchangeable.
(c) Dangerous.
(d) Opposing.

4. The author writes of an actor who studied the part of Hamlet for how many years and never played it because the director died before it was finished?
(a) Two.
(b) Ten.
(c) Seven.
(d) Four.

5. Who from the Martha Graham company has evolved a ballet company whose daily exercises are a continual preparation for the shock of freedom?
(a) Catherine Fitzmaurice.
(b) Merce Cunningham.
(c) Winter Stephenson.
(d) Samuel Beckett.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the "inner man" express only in his words?

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

3. According to the author, with most experimental products, "______ is their complaint and their excuse."

4. In France, there are how many deadly ways of playing classical tragedy, according to the author?

5. What does the author contend is "the only trouble with violent shocks"?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe the qualities which contribute to Deadly Theatre.

3. What is the theory and concept behind "Theatre of Cruelty?"

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

5. How does boringness contribute to people attending Deadly Theatre?

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

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

8. How does the author describe the Hamburg Opera and the audience who attended it?

9. How does the author define "The Holy Theatre"?

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

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