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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. The technique of the "holy actor" is _____.
(a) Transcendent.
(b) Deductive.
(c) Transductive.
(d) Inductive.

2. What did the actors wear in the production of "Akropolis"?
(a) Togas.
(b) Bags.
(c) Gowns.
(d) Military uniforms.

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

4. 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) Gogol.
(b) Chekhov.
(c) Beckett.
(d) Shakespeare.

5. When was the interview in "Towards a Poor Theatre" (Chapter 1) first published?
(a) 1966.
(b) 1960.
(c) 1965.
(d) 1962.

Short Answer Questions

1. Grotowski's "holy actor" does not sell his body but _____ .

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

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

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

5. Who conducted the interview for "Theatre is an Encounter"?

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