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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Skara Speech.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The first explanation of the "Shoulderstand exercises" is _____.
(a) How to fall.
(b) How to relax.
(c) How to stand.
(d) How to jump.

2. In Scene 5 of Grotowski's "Dr. Faustus", Faustus talks to Cornelius and _____.
(a) Minese.
(b) Orestes.
(c) Cyans.
(d) Valdes.

3. What takes place in Scene 9 of Grotowski's "Dr. Faustus"?
(a) Faustus' beheading.
(b) Faustus' birth.
(c) Faustus' baptism.
(d) Faustus' marriage.

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

5. In "The Theatre's New Testament," Grotowski says that it is "far less risky to be Mr. Smith all one's life than to be" _____.
(a) Mozart.
(b) Rembrandt.
(c) Van Gogh.
(d) Picasso.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Grotowski refer to contemporary theatre, or "synthetic theatre" as in "Towards a Poor Theatre" (Chapter 1)?

2. In one exercise from "Actor's Training (1959 - 1962)", the actor is to jump onto a chair. Where does the jump come from in the body?

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

4. Grotowski states in "The Actor's Technique" that it is a fact that children, animals, and people who are close to nature breathe _____.

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

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