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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of Grotowski's school?
(a) The Box.
(b) The Actor's Studio.
(c) The Laboratory.
(d) Theatre of Cruelty.

2. When was the interview "The Theatre's New Testament" made?
(a) 1972.
(b) 1980.
(c) 1962.
(d) 1964.

3. What type of respiration is the most effective for the actor?
(a) Total respiration.
(b) Lower respiration.
(c) Deep respiration.
(d) Upper respiration.

4. It is said in "Dr Faustus: Textual Montage" that if one wants sainthood, one must _____.
(a) Defy the Devil.
(b) Be burned at the stake.
(c) Go against God.
(d) Accept God.

5. What does Grotowski say "are always based on the transcendence of rules" in "Theatre is an Encounter"?
(a) Commercial successes.
(b) Musicals.
(c) Masterpieces.
(d) Failures.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. In "Actor's Training (1966)", it is noted that Grotowski mentions that contact between the audience and actor is _____ in the theatre.

3. The interview for "The Actor's Technique" with Grotowski was conducted by _____.

4. Part VI of "Actor's Training (1959 - 1962)" are exercises involving _____.

5. Who conducted the interview for "Theatre is an Encounter"?

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