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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The body should appear how in the warm-up exercises from "Actor's Training (1959 - 1962)"?
(a) Leaden.
(b) Weightless.
(c) Focused.
(d) Restrained.

2. What does the phrase, "Primum non nocere" mean?
(a) First, do not harm.
(b) Always at night.
(c) Harm is epidemic.
(d) Black as night.

3. When discussing poetry and myth, Grotowski cites the myth of _____ in "Theatre is an Encounter".
(a) Prometheus.
(b) Aeschylus.
(c) Paris.
(d) Pandora.

4. Grotowski states in "The Actor's Technique" that when he first begins work with an actor his first question is "Does this actor have any _____ difficulties?"
(a) Emotional.
(b) Physical.
(c) Breathing.
(d) Intellectual.

5. What do the people surrounding the Prince wear in "The Constant Prince"?
(a) Robes.
(b) Military uniforms.
(c) Togas.
(d) Gowns.

Short Answer Questions

1. Part IV of "Statement of Principles" states that an actor can only be guided and inspired by someone who is _____ in his creative activity.

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

3. Whose investigations of extroversive and introversive reactions are incorporated into Grotowski's system?

4. How many types of respiration are there, as noted by Grotowski in "Actor's Training (1959 - 1962)"?

5. Who played the role of the King in Grotowski's production of "The Constant Prince"?

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