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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. Who does Grotowski say theorized that the theatre should be a synthesis of all the arts?
(a) Stanislavski.
(b) Wagner.
(c) Kranikav.
(d) Brecht.

2. In "Actor's Training (1966)", it is noted that Grotowski mentions that contact between the audience and actor is _____ in the theatre.
(a) Unnecessary.
(b) Destructive.
(c) Detrimental.
(d) Vital.

3. Grotowski states in "He Wasn't Entirely Himself" that the paradox of Artaud is that he presented no what?
(a) Theories.
(b) Method.
(c) Questions.
(d) Ideal.

4. Grotowski states in "Theatre is an Encounter", that when we think of Chekhov, we think of his plays in whose style?
(a) Dostoevsky's.
(b) Chekhov's.
(c) Stanislavski's.
(d) Meyerhold's.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. To the average theatregoer, the theatre is first and foremost a what, according to Grotowski?

2. What is the name of the exercise from "Actor's Training (1966)" which intends to make the pupil let himself go completely, and at the same time, set the guttural resonator in action?

3. What was the theory of the theatre, which was created by Artaud?

4. What Polish Romantic poet transcribed the version of "The Constant Prince" which Grotowski produced?

5. What does Grotowski write that one must fight against when watching plays inspired by "Brecht theory?"

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