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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. When was the interview in "Towards a Poor Theatre" (Chapter 1) first published?
(a) 1960.
(b) 1966.
(c) 1965.
(d) 1962.

2. Grotowski claims in "Towards a Poor Theatre" (Chapter 1) that there is not a contradiction between inner technique and _____.
(a) Psychic ability.
(b) Artifice.
(c) Breathing.
(d) Physics.

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

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

5. Whom does Grotowski quote in "Towards a Poor Theatre" (Chapter 1) as saying, "Each technique leads to metaphysics"?
(a) Heidegger.
(b) Sartre.
(c) Foucault.
(d) Beckett.

Short Answer Questions

1. The word "actress" and _____ were once synonymous.

2. The technique of the "holy actor" is _____.

3. Who does Grotowski say theorized that the theatre should be a synthesis of all the arts?

4. What form of theatre is based around improvised scenarios, which Grotowski cites in "The Theatre's New Testament"?

5. What does Grotowski say is as important in the education of the actor as it is to a pianist or dancer?

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