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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. How does Grotowski claim to feel when asked, "What is the origin of your experimental theatre productions?"
(a) Eager.
(b) Impatient.
(c) Happy.
(d) Hesitant.

2. Whose investigations of extroversive and introversive reactions are incorporated into Grotowski's system?
(a) Stanislavski's.
(b) Delsarte's.
(c) Brecht's.
(d) Dullin's.

3. What is at the core of theatre and performance, according to Grotowski in "Theatre is an Encounter"?
(a) The conflict.
(b) The text.
(c) The encounter.
(d) The beat.

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

5. The word "actress" and _____ were once synonymous.
(a) Chorus.
(b) Courtesan.
(c) Mime.
(d) Clown.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose work on "physical actions" is incorporated into Grotowski's system?

2. Who wrote the preface to "Towards a Poor Theatre"?

3. What does Grotowski say "are always based on the transcendence of rules" in "Theatre is an Encounter"?

4. The technique of the "holy actor" is _____.

5. Grotowski states in "Theatre is an Encounter", that when we think of Chekhov, we think of his plays in whose style?

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