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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Dr Faustus: Textual Montage.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Grotowski say that he and his actors are trying to avoid in "Towards a Poor Theatre" (Chapter 1)?
(a) Avant-garde.
(b) Eclecticism.
(c) Tradition.
(d) Progress.

3. Who wrote the original script of "Dr. Faustus"?
(a) Marlowe.
(b) Shakespeare.
(c) Molière.
(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) Holograms.
(b) Archetypes.
(c) Ideograms.
(d) Signals.

5. What does the phrase, "Primum non nocere" mean?
(a) Harm is epidemic.
(b) Black as night.
(c) First, do not harm.
(d) Always at night.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who developed a system of synthesis that Grotowski adopted for the actor?

3. Where is Faustus in Scene 6 of Grotowski's "Dr. Faustus"?

4. In "Dr Faustus: Textual Montage", it is written that the play is a dialectic between mockery and _____.

5. What does Grotowski say that plays in book form should be called in "Theatre is an Encounter"?

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