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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Statement of Principles.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whose rhythm exercises does Grotowski find most important?
(a) Stanislavski's.
(b) Dullin's.
(c) Brecht's.
(d) Delsarte's.

2. Grotowski says in "American Encounter" that the third thing one could consider "ethical" is the problem of _____.
(a) Process and result.
(b) Laughter.
(c) Prejudice.
(d) Emotion.

3. To the average theatregoer, the theatre is first and foremost a what, according to Grotowski?
(a) Improvement.
(b) Entertainment.
(c) Beauty.
(d) Art.

4. Grotowski claims in "Towards a Poor Theatre" (Chapter 1) that there is not a contradiction between inner technique and _____.
(a) Breathing.
(b) Artifice.
(c) Physics.
(d) Psychic ability.

5. Who built his methods on the spontaneity of daily life, according to Grotowski in "The Actor's Technique"?
(a) Meyerhold.
(b) Stanislavski.
(c) Brecht.
(d) Artaud.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Part V of "Statement of Principles," Grotowski writes that "an act of creation has nothing to do with either external comfort or conventional _____."

2. The actor should take special care to open the _____ when speaking and breathing.

3. Grotowski prefers to use "_____" in replacement of the word "role."

4. When did the interview for "Theatre is an Encounter" take place?

5. What is the title of the exercise intended to experiment and open up the actor's vocal pitch in "Actor's Training (1966)"?

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