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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who "wanted the theatre to contain all that normally is reserved for crime and war"?

2. What used to be the great symbol of a whole school of theatre?

3. What artist does the author refer to as a visionary who leads a theatre company in Poland?

4. What British playwright does the author laud, who also works as a director and performer?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What is "The Living Theatre"?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the meaning of "Immediate Theatre." How is this form of the art created? What ideals must be in place for Immediate Theatre to take place?

Essay Topic 2

What is the playwright's role in the theatre? How is his/her role considered one of the most difficult within the creative process?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the role of ritual within art. How does the author feel ritual's place has diminished in contemporary society? How do we attain ritual in art?

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