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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. Before performances, Grotowski's actors have a period of silence for _____.
(a) 10 minutes.
(b) 30 minutes.
(c) 2 hours.
(d) 1 hour.

2. Grotowski states in "The Actor's Technique" that it is a fact that children, animals, and people who are close to nature breathe _____.
(a) With tension.
(b) With relaxation.
(c) Shallowly.
(d) Abdominally.

3. One of the greatest dangers for the actor is _____ according to Grotowski in "The Actor's Technique".
(a) Lack of emotion.
(b) Lack of intelligence.
(c) Lack of spontaneity.
(d) Lack of discipline.

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

5. In "He Wasn't Entirely Himself", Grotowski writes that _____ was compromised by his disciples.
(a) Sophocles.
(b) Plato.
(c) Chekhov.
(d) Stanislavski.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the name of the exercise from "Actor's Training (1966)" which intends to make the pupil let himself go completely, and at the same time, set the guttural resonator in action?

3. Who does Grotowski say devised many good exercises, some with masks in "The Actor's Technique"?

4. It is the task of _____ to amplify the carrying power of sound emitted in the actor.

5. When discussing poetry and myth, Grotowski cites the myth of _____ in "Theatre is an Encounter".

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