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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. Whose work on "physical actions" is incorporated into Grotowski's system?
(a) Brecht's.
(b) Stanislavski's.
(c) Artaud's.
(d) Dullin's.

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

3. In "The Theatre's New Testament", Grotowski asserts that the work at The Laboratory has nothing to do with _____.
(a) Science.
(b) Art.
(c) Philosophy.
(d) Aesthetics.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Grotowski refer to contemporary theatre, or "synthetic theatre" as in "Towards a Poor Theatre" (Chapter 1)?

3. What does Grotowski compare his work with actors to, as opposed to that of the artist or the scientist in "The Theatre's New Testament"?

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

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

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