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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Grotowski states in "American Encounter" that an _____ confession is no confession at all."
(a) Untrue.
(b) Irredeemable.
(c) Irresolute.
(d) Inarticulate.

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

3. The cycle of exercises in "Stimulation of the Voice" from "Actor's Training (1966)," ends with _____.
(a) The head voice.
(b) The belly voice.
(c) The chest voice.
(d) The back voice.

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

5. In Scene 2 of "Dr. Faustus", who announces that his master is about to die?
(a) Minion.
(b) Zygar.
(c) Wagner.
(d) Firentgar.

Short Answer Questions

1. The fact that "in order to get the result you must not look for it" is a _____.

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

3. Who based his work with actors on discipline and exterior formation?

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

5. What was the theory of the theatre, which was created by Artaud?

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