View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In "Actor's Training (1966)" it is stated that "if something is symmetrical it is not _____."
(a) Artistic.
(b) Beautiful.
(c) Organic.
(d) Correct.

3. The actor playing Dr. Faustus in Grotowski's "Dr. Faustus" is said to resemble _____.
(a) St. Christopher.
(b) St. Sebastian.
(c) St. Augustus.
(d) St. Martin.

4. Who wrote the preface to "Towards a Poor Theatre"?
(a) Lans Sosnowski.
(b) Peter Brook.
(c) Jerzy Grotowski.
(d) Samuel Beckett.

5. What is the setting of Grotowski's "Dr. Faustus"?
(a) A graveyard.
(b) A monastery.
(c) A castle.
(d) A prison.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Scene 5 of Grotowski's "Dr. Faustus", Faustus talks to Cornelius and _____.

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

3. Grotowski states in "Skara Speech" for the actors to "eliminate from every exercise any movement which is purely _____."

4. Whom is Faustus arguing with in the opening scene of Grotowski's production?

5. 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?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 198 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample