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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. What does Grotowski define as "the ability to concentrate in a particular theatrical way and can be attained with a minimum of good-will"?
(a) Focus.
(b) Trance.
(c) Connection.
(d) Hypnosis.

2. The two fundamental elements that define theatre to Grotowski are the actor and the _____.
(a) Designer.
(b) Text.
(c) Audience.
(d) Director.

3. How does Grotowski claim to feel when asked, "What is the origin of your experimental theatre productions?"
(a) Happy.
(b) Hesitant.
(c) Eager.
(d) Impatient.

4. What is the name of Grotowski's school?
(a) The Laboratory.
(b) Theatre of Cruelty.
(c) The Actor's Studio.
(d) The Box.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Grotowski say asked the key methodological questions of acting in "Towards a Poor Theatre" (Chapter 1)?

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

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

4. Grotowski claims in "Towards a Poor Theatre" (Chapter 1) that there is not a contradiction between inner technique and _____.

5. Whose investigations of extroversive and introversive reactions are incorporated into Grotowski's system?

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