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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. The actor playing Dr. Faustus in Grotowski's "Dr. Faustus" is said to resemble _____.
(a) St. Martin.
(b) St. Sebastian.
(c) St. Augustus.
(d) St. Christopher.

2. What does Grotowski define as "the ability to concentrate in a particular theatrical way and can be attained with a minimum of good-will"?
(a) Connection.
(b) Hypnosis.
(c) Focus.
(d) Trance.

3. Grotowski states in "Theatre is an Encounter" that he gravitates toward the great romantic poets of Poland, but also to the works of Calderon and _____.
(a) Socrates.
(b) Shakespeare.
(c) Homer.
(d) Marlowe.

4. Who developed bio-mechanical training for the actor?
(a) Beckett.
(b) Meyerhold.
(c) Stanislavski.
(d) Brecht.

5. It is said in "Dr Faustus: Textual Montage" that if one wants sainthood, one must _____.
(a) Defy the Devil.
(b) Be burned at the stake.
(c) Go against God.
(d) Accept God.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. What is at the core of theatre and performance, according to Grotowski in "Theatre is an Encounter"?

5. 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"?

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