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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 Grotowski define as "the ability to concentrate in a particular theatrical way and can be attained with a minimum of good-will"?
(a) Focus.
(b) Connection.
(c) Trance.
(d) Hypnosis.

2. Grotowski's "holy actor" does not sell his body but _____ .
(a) Represses it.
(b) Sacrifices it.
(c) Destroys it.
(d) Retains it.

3. Grotowski demands _____ in his classroom.
(a) Stimulation.
(b) Enthusiasm.
(c) Consideration.
(d) Silence.

4. What is the name of the Devil in "Dr. Faustus"?
(a) Mephistopheles.
(b) Zephyr.
(c) Beelzebub.
(d) Satan.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The notes of "Actor's Training (1966)" were taken by _____.

2. 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 _____.

3. The two fundamental elements that define theatre to Grotowski are the actor and the _____.

4. Grotowski writes in "He Wasn't Entirely Himself," that "like ____, Artaud knew of Emmanuel's coming, and what it promised."

5. What does the phrase, "Primum non nocere" mean?

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