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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. In "Dr Faustus: Textual Montage", it is written that the play is a dialectic between mockery and _____.
(a) Satire.
(b) Evil
(c) Morality.
(d) Apotheosis.

2. Who developed bio-mechanical training for the actor?
(a) Meyerhold.
(b) Brecht.
(c) Stanislavski.
(d) Beckett.

3. Grotowski states in "Theatre is an Encounter" that Meyerhold's production of "The Inspector General" was a sort of collage of the texts of _____.
(a) Chekhov.
(b) Gogol.
(c) Shakespeare.
(d) Beckett.

4. In "The Theatre's New Testament", Grotowski asserts that the work at The Laboratory has nothing to do with _____.
(a) Aesthetics.
(b) Philosophy.
(c) Art.
(d) Science.

5. What does Grotowski say that he and his actors are trying to avoid in "Towards a Poor Theatre" (Chapter 1)?
(a) Tradition.
(b) Progress.
(c) Avant-garde.
(d) Eclecticism.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who conducted the interview for "Theatre is an Encounter"?

2. What is the name of the Devil in "Dr. Faustus"?

3. The actor playing Dr. Faustus in Grotowski's "Dr. Faustus" is said to resemble _____.

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

5. In Scene 2 of "Dr. Faustus", who announces that his master is about to die?

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