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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. When was the interview "The Theatre's New Testament" made?
(a) 1980.
(b) 1972.
(c) 1962.
(d) 1964.

2. Whom does the Angel struggle with in "Akropolis"?
(a) John.
(b) Jacob.
(c) Peter.
(d) Michael.

3. What exercise from "Actor's Training (1966)" starts with the pupil walking around and singing while Grotowski lies on the floor next to him?
(a) "La-la" exercise.
(b) "Tiger" exercise.
(c) "King-King" exercise.
(d) "Lion" exercise.

4. 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 _____.
(a) Homer.
(b) Shakespeare.
(c) Marlowe.
(d) Socrates.

5. What part of the body does Grotowski call the "center of expression" in "Actor's Training (1966)"?
(a) The skull.
(b) The feet.
(c) Vertebral column.
(d) The heart.

Short Answer Questions

1. The first explanation of the "Shoulderstand exercises" is _____.

2. Grotowski states in "Theatre is an Encounter", that when we think of Chekhov, we think of his plays in whose style?

3. Who is Grotowski's collaborator and observer in "Actor's Training (1966)"?

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

5. In "Actor's Training (1966)" it is stated that "if something is symmetrical it is not _____."

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