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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. To the average theatregoer, the theatre is first and foremost a what, according to Grotowski?
(a) Art.
(b) Improvement.
(c) Beauty.
(d) Entertainment.

2. Whose investigations of extroversive and introversive reactions are incorporated into Grotowski's system?
(a) Stanislavski's.
(b) Dullin's.
(c) Delsarte's.
(d) Brecht's.

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

4. Who does Grotowski say asked the key methodological questions of acting in "Towards a Poor Theatre" (Chapter 1)?
(a) Artaud.
(b) Stanislavski.
(c) Brecht.
(d) Chekhov.

5. When was the interview in "Towards a Poor Theatre" (Chapter 1) first published?
(a) 1960.
(b) 1962.
(c) 1965.
(d) 1966.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Faustus in Scene 6 of Grotowski's "Dr. Faustus"?

2. In "The Theatre's New Testament", Grotowski asserts that the work at The Laboratory has nothing to do with _____.

3. How does Grotowski claim to feel when asked, "What is the origin of your experimental theatre productions?"

4. In "The Theatre's New Testament," Grotowski says, "The elaboration of artificiality is a question of _____ - sounds and gestures - which evoke associations in the psyche of the audience."

5. Grotowski states in "Theatre is an Encounter" that the characters of the Odyssey are still actual because there are still _____.

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