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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. The word "actress" and _____ were once synonymous.
(a) Mime.
(b) Clown.
(c) Chorus.
(d) Courtesan.

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

3. What training techniques of oriental theatre does Grotowski implement?
(a) Mejing Opera.
(b) Balinese Opera.
(c) Peking Opera.
(d) Thai Opera.

4. 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) Connection.
(b) Trance.
(c) Focus.
(d) Hypnosis.

5. What form of theatre is based around improvised scenarios, which Grotowski cites in "The Theatre's New Testament"?
(a) Mime.
(b) Performance art.
(c) Commedia dell'Arte.
(d) Greek theatre.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where was "Dr Faustus: Textual Montage" first published as an article?

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

4. What does Grotowski say "are always based on the transcendence of rules" in "Theatre is an Encounter"?

5. In Scene 4 of "Dr. Faustus", Faustus describes his struggle between theology and magic as represented by an owl and a _____.

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