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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Dr Faustus: Textual Montage.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Grotowski say "are always based on the transcendence of rules" in "Theatre is an Encounter"?
(a) Failures.
(b) Masterpieces.
(c) Commercial successes.
(d) Musicals.

2. Grotowski talks of catharsis in comparing how the audience feels for Creon versus _____.
(a) Antigone.
(b) Oedipus.
(c) Pandora.
(d) Athena.

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

4. What does Grotowski compare the text to in "Theatre is an Encounter"?
(a) A field.
(b) A mirror.
(c) A prism.
(d) A door.

5. Whose rhythm exercises does Grotowski find most important?
(a) Delsarte's.
(b) Stanislavski's.
(c) Dullin's.
(d) Brecht's.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Grotowski say theorized that the theatre should be a synthesis of all the arts?

2. Who wrote "Akropolis"?

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

4. What does Grotowski say is as important in the education of the actor as it is to a pianist or dancer?

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

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