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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Theatre is an Encounter, and Akropolis: Treatment of the Text.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Grotowski states in "Theatre is an Encounter" that Meyerhold's production of "The Inspector General" was a sort of collage of the texts of _____.
(a) Chekhov.
(b) Beckett.
(c) Gogol.
(d) Shakespeare.

2. Where does the action of "Akropolis" take place in the text?
(a) A Cracow cathedral.
(b) A Spanish cathedral.
(c) A ship.
(d) A prison.

3. Who wrote "Akropolis"?
(a) Kalidasa.
(b) Calderon.
(c) Wyspianski.
(d) Grotowski.

4. 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."
(a) Ideograms.
(b) Holograms.
(c) Signals.
(d) Archetypes.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. To the average theatregoer, the theatre is first and foremost a what, according to Grotowski?

2. Whose rhythm exercises does Grotowski find most important?

3. When was the interview "The Theatre's New Testament" made?

4. In "The Theatre's New Testament," Grotowski says that it is "far less risky to be Mr. Smith all one's life than to be" _____.

5. What does the phrase, "Primum non nocere" mean?

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