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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. What does the author say is nonexistent in today's world?
(a) A true theatre of joy.
(b) A competition with film.
(c) A fight for truth.
(d) A Deadly Theatre.

2. What is the climax of the theatre, which is not the climax of applause?
(a) The climax of fear.
(b) The climax of relief.
(c) The climax of silence.
(d) The climax of intent.

3. The author says of Deadly Theatre, that "just the right degree of _______ is a reassuring guarantee of a worthwhile event."
(a) Celebration.
(b) Boringness.
(c) Spectacle.
(d) Intellectualism.

4. Who challenged Stanislavsky, proposing a different style of playing?
(a) Chekhov.
(b) Adler.
(c) Meyerhold.
(d) Meisner.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Brook, "We can try to capture the invisible but we must not lose touch" with what?

2. The author writes that "the theatre of the Absurd did not seek the ____ for its own sake."

3. Whose speech in Shakespeare holds the line, "Sir, I love you more than words can wield the matter," despite the fact that the character who speaks it is considered "wicked"?

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

5. Brook claims there are two ways of "speaking about the human condition: there is the process of inspiration" and the process of what?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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