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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through American Encounter.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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."
(a) Signals.
(b) Ideograms.
(c) Holograms.
(d) Archetypes.

2. It is the task of _____ to amplify the carrying power of sound emitted in the actor.
(a) The tongue.
(b) Vocal chords.
(c) The lungs.
(d) Resonators.

3. Who wrote the preface to "Towards a Poor Theatre"?
(a) Lans Sosnowski.
(b) Jerzy Grotowski.
(c) Peter Brook.
(d) Samuel Beckett.

4. In "The Actor's Technique," Grotowski states that the sort of questions important for him to ask is what holds the actor back from respiration, movement, and _____ most importantly.
(a) Human contact.
(b) Intellectual connection.
(c) Emotional fluidity.
(d) Spectator contact.

5. What was the theory of the theatre, which was created by Artaud?
(a) Method Acting.
(b) Theatre of cruelty.
(c) Alienation effect.
(d) Performance art.

Short Answer Questions

1. Grotowski's motto with which he starts his lessons is, "The essence of the theatre is the actor, his actions, and _____."

2. The one absolute rule Grotowski cites in "Actor's Training (1966)" is that what must come first, then vocal expression?

3. What is the term for Brecht's "alienation effect"?

4. Grotowski says in "Skara Speech" that he has underlined the fact through the workshop that there are no impulses or reactions without _____.

5. What does Grotowski compare his work with actors to, as opposed to that of the artist or the scientist in "The Theatre's New Testament"?

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