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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Grotowski talks of catharsis in comparing how the audience feels for Creon versus _____.
(a) Antigone.
(b) Athena.
(c) Pandora.
(d) Oedipus.

2. Grotowski's motto with which he starts his lessons is, "The essence of the theatre is the actor, his actions, and _____."
(a) His responses.
(b) What he can achieve.
(c) His emotions.
(d) His thoughts.

3. What does Grotowski claim that a great Polish actor before the war referred to exhibitionism as?
(a) Publicotropism.
(b) Egotism.
(c) Narcissism.
(d) Voyeurism.

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

5. What was the theory of the theatre, which was created by Artaud?
(a) Theatre of cruelty.
(b) Alienation effect.
(c) Performance art.
(d) Method Acting.

Short Answer Questions

1. Grotowski states in "He Wasn't Entirely Himself" that the paradox of Artaud is that he presented no what?

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

3. Where did Grotowski reset "Akropolis"?

4. The two fundamental elements that define theatre to Grotowski are the actor and the _____.

5. Grotowski states in "Theatre is an Encounter" that the characters of the Odyssey are still actual because there are still _____.

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