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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Theatre's New Testament.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Whose investigations of extroversive and introversive reactions are incorporated into Grotowski's system?
(a) Dullin's.
(b) Stanislavski's.
(c) Delsarte's.
(d) Brecht's.

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

4. What does "he who once dreamed of becoming a playwright" usually end up as, according to Grotowski?
(a) A director.
(b) A producer.
(c) A ticket-taker.
(d) An actor.

5. The technique of the "courtesan actor" is _____.
(a) Transductive.
(b) Deductive.
(c) Inductive.
(d) Holy.

Short Answer Questions

1. The two fundamental elements that define theatre to Grotowski are the actor and the _____.

2. In "The Theatre's New Testament," Grotowski says that it is "far less risky to be Mr. Smith all one's life than to be" _____.

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

4. How does Grotowski claim to feel when asked, "What is the origin of your experimental theatre productions?"

5. Whom does Grotowski quote in "Towards a Poor Theatre" (Chapter 1) as saying, "Each technique leads to metaphysics"?

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