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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 "The Theatre's New Testament" made?
(a) 1962.
(b) 1964.
(c) 1980.
(d) 1972.

2. Grotowski's "holy actor" does not sell his body but _____ .
(a) Retains it.
(b) Destroys it.
(c) Represses it.
(d) Sacrifices it.

3. 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) Hypnosis.
(c) Trance.
(d) Connection.

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

5. What does Grotowski say that he and his actors are trying to avoid in "Towards a Poor Theatre" (Chapter 1)?
(a) Eclecticism.
(b) Progress.
(c) Avant-garde.
(d) Tradition.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote the preface to "Towards a Poor Theatre"?

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

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

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

5. In "The Theatre's New Testament," Grotowski says, "The elaboration of artificiality is a question of _____ - sounds and gestures - which evoke associations in the psyche of the audience."

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