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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. Who does Grotowski say theorized that the theatre should be a synthesis of all the arts?
(a) Stanislavski.
(b) Kranikav.
(c) Brecht.
(d) Wagner.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Grotowski states in "Theatre is an Encounter", that when we think of Chekhov, we think of his plays in whose style?

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

3. Grotowski talks of catharsis in comparing how the audience feels for Creon versus _____.

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. 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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