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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Actor's Training (1966).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the title of the exercise intended to experiment and open up the actor's vocal pitch in "Actor's Training (1966)"?
(a) "Sing-Song" exercise.
(b) "La-La" exercise.
(c) "King-King" exercise.
(d) "Tiger" exercise.

2. In Scene 19 of "Dr. Faustus", Faustus performs miracles at the palace of whom?
(a) King Richard II.
(b) Emperor Charles V.
(c) Emperor Richard V.
(d) King Marcel I.

3. In "Actor's Training (1966)" it is stated that "if something is symmetrical it is not _____."
(a) Beautiful.
(b) Artistic.
(c) Correct.
(d) Organic.

4. The one absolute rule Grotowski cites in "Actor's Training (1966)" is that what must come first, then vocal expression?
(a) Thought.
(b) Emotion.
(c) Bodily activity.
(d) Memory.

5. In Scene 5 of Grotowski's "Dr. Faustus", Faustus talks to Cornelius and _____.
(a) Valdes.
(b) Orestes.
(c) Cyans.
(d) Minese.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does "he who once dreamed of becoming a playwright" usually end up as, according to Grotowski?

2. When was the interview "The Theatre's New Testament" made?

3. What does Grotowski define as "the ability to concentrate in a particular theatrical way and can be attained with a minimum of good-will"?

4. What takes place in Scene 9 of Grotowski's "Dr. Faustus"?

5. Grotowski's "holy actor" does not sell his body but _____ .

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