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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Grotowski states in "Theatre is an Encounter" that the characters of the Odyssey are still actual because there are still _____.
(a) Pilgrims.
(b) Heroes.
(c) Pirates.
(d) Warriors.

2. Who recorded the exercises from "Actor's Training (1959 - 1962)"?
(a) Ryszard Cielsak.
(b) Stanislaw Scierski.
(c) Denis Beron.
(d) Eugenio Barba.

3. Part III of "Actor's Training (1959 - 1962)" are what kind of exercises?
(a) Flight.
(b) Upside down.
(c) Animal.
(d) Voice.

4. What is the first exercise in "Warming Up" from "Actor's Training (1959 - 1962)"?
(a) Walk with knees bent, hands on hips.
(b) Walk with knees bent, gripping the ankles.
(c) Rhythmical walking while arms and hands rotate.
(d) Running on tiptoe.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What director proposed an autonomous theatre "vis-à-vis literature," according to Grotowski in "Theatre is an Encounter"?

2. Grotowski states in "Skara Speech" for the actors to "eliminate from every exercise any movement which is purely _____."

3. What type of respiration is the most effective for the actor?

4. What did the actors wear in the production of "Akropolis"?

5. Part VI of "Actor's Training (1959 - 1962)" are exercises involving _____.

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