View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In "Dr Faustus: Textual Montage", it is written that the play is a dialectic between mockery and _____.
(a) Evil
(b) Morality.
(c) Satire.
(d) Apotheosis.

3. What training techniques of oriental theatre does Grotowski implement?
(a) Thai Opera.
(b) Balinese Opera.
(c) Peking Opera.
(d) Mejing Opera.

4. Grotowski states in "He Wasn't Entirely Himself" that the paradox of Artaud is that he presented no what?
(a) Ideal.
(b) Theories.
(c) Questions.
(d) Method.

5. Grotowski points out in all of his lessons in "Actor's Training (1966)" that _____ must be excluded in the exercises.
(a) Connection.
(b) Feeling.
(c) Gravity.
(d) Thought.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Grotowski define as "the ability to concentrate in a particular theatrical way and can be attained with a minimum of good-will"?

2. Where does the action of "Akropolis" take place in the text?

3. What is the name of Grotowski's school?

4. Who built his methods on the spontaneity of daily life, according to Grotowski in "The Actor's Technique"?

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

(see the answer key)

This section contains 186 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample