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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Skara Speech.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Grotowski compare the text to in "Theatre is an Encounter"?
(a) A door.
(b) A mirror.
(c) A field.
(d) A prism.

2. What is the name of the cat Grotowski refers to when discussing associations in "Skara Speech"?
(a) Fluffy.
(b) Napoleon.
(c) Java.
(d) Mittens.

3. The second set of exercises in "Actor's Training (1959 - 1962)" are "Exercises to loosen up the muscles and the _____."
(a) Vertical column.
(b) Creative spirit.
(c) Mind.
(d) Voice.

4. Grotowski states in "Theatre is an Encounter" that Meyerhold's production of "The Inspector General" was a sort of collage of the texts of _____.
(a) Shakespeare.
(b) Chekhov.
(c) Gogol.
(d) Beckett.

5. What does Grotowski say "are always based on the transcendence of rules" in "Theatre is an Encounter"?
(a) Commercial successes.
(b) Masterpieces.
(c) Musicals.
(d) Failures.

Short Answer Questions

1. The actor should take special care to open the _____ when speaking and breathing.

2. "Akropolis: Treatment of the Text" was written by the literary adviser to The Laboratory, named _____.

3. Grotowski says in "Skara Speech" that he has underlined the fact through the workshop that there are no impulses or reactions without _____.

4. In "Technique of the Voice" in "Actor's Training (1959 - 1962)", Grotowski begins with _____.

5. Grotowski states in "Theatre is an Encounter" that he gravitates toward the great romantic poets of Poland, but also to the works of Calderon and _____.

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