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

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

3. Grotowski talks of catharsis in comparing how the audience feels for Creon versus _____.
(a) Antigone.
(b) Oedipus.
(c) Pandora.
(d) Athena.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote "Akropolis"?

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

3. When was the interview in "Towards a Poor Theatre" (Chapter 1) first published?

4. What does Grotowski define as "not a collection of skills but an eradication of blocks?"

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

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