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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Actor's Technique.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Section B of "Actor's Training (1959 - 1962)" are based upon the work of _____.
(a) Dalcroze.
(b) Sauterne.
(c) Dellarte.
(d) Stanislavski.

2. Who conducted the interview for "Theatre is an Encounter"?
(a) Sarah Sondheim.
(b) Mark Pintio.
(c) Denis Barbet.
(d) Naim Kattan.

3. In Scene 17 of Grotowski's "Dr. Faustus", Faustus is transported to the Vatican by what?
(a) Two dragons.
(b) A ship.
(c) An eagle.
(d) A rowboat.

4. Section B of "Actor's Training (1959 - 1962)" are titled _____.
(a) Warm-Up Exercises.
(b) Animal Exercises.
(c) Voice Exercises.
(d) Plastic Exercises.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In "The Theatre's New Testament", Grotowski asserts that the work at The Laboratory has nothing to do with _____.

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

3. Who recorded the exercises from "Actor's Training (1959 - 1962)"?

4. "He Wasn't Entirely Himself" was an article originally published when?

5. Grotowski says in "The Actor's Technique" that one cannot be completely _____ as taught in most theatre schools.

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