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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 claims in "Towards a Poor Theatre" (Chapter 1) that his productions are detailed investigations of the _____ relationship.
(a) Director-producer.
(b) Director-audience.
(c) Actor-director.
(d) Actor-audience.

2. Where did Grotowski reset "Akropolis"?
(a) A dirt road.
(b) A military prison.
(c) A concentration camp.
(d) A scientist's laboratory.

3. Grotowski claims in "Towards a Poor Theatre" (Chapter 1) that there is not a contradiction between inner technique and _____.
(a) Artifice.
(b) Physics.
(c) Breathing.
(d) Psychic ability.

4. Who wrote the preface to "Towards a Poor Theatre"?
(a) Jerzy Grotowski.
(b) Lans Sosnowski.
(c) Samuel Beckett.
(d) Peter Brook.

5. The two fundamental elements that define theatre to Grotowski are the actor and the _____.
(a) Audience.
(b) Text.
(c) Designer.
(d) Director.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom does Grotowski quote in "Towards a Poor Theatre" (Chapter 1) as saying, "Each technique leads to metaphysics"?

2. 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" _____.

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

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

5. What does Grotowski define as "the ability to concentrate in a particular theatrical way and can be attained with a minimum of good-will"?

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