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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 does the phrase, "Primum non nocere" mean?
(a) Always at night.
(b) Harm is epidemic.
(c) First, do not harm.
(d) Black as night.

2. What does "he who once dreamed of becoming a playwright" usually end up as, according to Grotowski?
(a) A director.
(b) A producer.
(c) A ticket-taker.
(d) An actor.

3. What is at the core of theatre and performance, according to Grotowski in "Theatre is an Encounter"?
(a) The text.
(b) The beat.
(c) The encounter.
(d) The conflict.

4. Grotowski's motto with which he starts his lessons is, "The essence of the theatre is the actor, his actions, and _____."
(a) What he can achieve.
(b) His responses.
(c) His thoughts.
(d) His emotions.

5. Grotowski points out in all of his lessons in "Actor's Training (1966)" that _____ must be excluded in the exercises.
(a) Thought.
(b) Gravity.
(c) Feeling.
(d) Connection.

Short Answer 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)"?

2. The technique of the "courtesan actor" is _____.

3. In Scene 4 of "Dr. Faustus", Faustus describes his struggle between theology and magic as represented by an owl and a _____.

4. Who is the author of "The Constant Prince"?

5. What act and scene in the original script of "Dr. Faustus" does Grotowski's version begin with?

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