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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. Whom does Grotowski quote in "Towards a Poor Theatre" (Chapter 1) as saying, "Each technique leads to metaphysics"?
(a) Beckett.
(b) Sartre.
(c) Foucault.
(d) Heidegger.

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

3. To the average theatregoer, the theatre is first and foremost a what, according to Grotowski?
(a) Beauty.
(b) Art.
(c) Entertainment.
(d) Improvement.

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

5. Who is the author of "Akropolis"?
(a) Grotowski.
(b) Wiewioroswki.
(c) Chekhov.
(d) Wyspianski.

Short Answer 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"?

2. What did the actors wear in the production of "Akropolis"?

3. What does "he who once dreamed of becoming a playwright" usually end up as, according to Grotowski?

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

5. What director proposed an autonomous theatre "vis-à-vis literature," according to Grotowski in "Theatre is an Encounter"?

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