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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. What does Grotowski compare his work with actors to, as opposed to that of the artist or the scientist in "The Theatre's New Testament"?
(a) Groomer.
(b) Musician.
(c) Physician.
(d) Shoemaker.

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

3. Who developed a system of synthesis that Grotowski adopted for the actor?
(a) Chariknov.
(b) Vanslav.
(c) Kritinkov.
(d) Vakhtanghov.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The technique of the "courtesan actor" is _____.

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

3. Whose investigations of extroversive and introversive reactions are incorporated into Grotowski's system?

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

5. When discussing poetry and myth, Grotowski cites the myth of _____ in "Theatre is an Encounter".

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