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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What training techniques of oriental theatre does Grotowski implement?
(a) Balinese Opera.
(b) Peking Opera.
(c) Thai Opera.
(d) Mejing Opera.

3. What does Grotowski define as "not a collection of skills but an eradication of blocks?"
(a) Resistance training.
(b) Via negativa.
(c) Der negate.
(d) The Method.

4. Who is the author of "Akropolis"?
(a) Grotowski.
(b) Wyspianski.
(c) Chekhov.
(d) Wiewioroswki.

5. Grotowski states in "Theatre is an Encounter" that the characters of the Odyssey are still actual because there are still _____.
(a) Pirates.
(b) Warriors.
(c) Pilgrims.
(d) Heroes.

6. What Polish Romantic poet transcribed the version of "The Constant Prince" which Grotowski produced?
(a) Stanislaw Scierski.
(b) Ludwik Flaszen.
(c) Julius Slowacki.
(d) Jerzy Grotowski.

7. The description of Grotowski's production of "The Constant Prince" compares it to what Rembrandt painting?
(a) "Anatomy of Dr. Tulp."
(b) "Anatomy of St. Margaret."
(c) "Anatomy of Dr. Rialdo."
(d) "Anatomy of Rosa Lione."

8. Who did Artaud write a letter to which said, "I am not entirely myself?"
(a) Johann Racine.
(b) Pierre Viteret.
(c) Jacques Molière.
(d) Jacques Riviere.

9. In Scene 5 of Grotowski's "Dr. Faustus", Faustus talks to Cornelius and _____.
(a) Valdes.
(b) Minese.
(c) Orestes.
(d) Cyans.

10. What does Grotowski compare the text to in "Theatre is an Encounter"?
(a) A mirror.
(b) A prism.
(c) A field.
(d) A door.

11. Who wrote "Akropolis"?
(a) Grotowski.
(b) Kalidasa.
(c) Wyspianski.
(d) Calderon.

12. What is the term for Brecht's "alienation effect"?
(a) Mankwovwsvyt.
(b) Verisimilitude.
(c) Verfremdungseffekt.
(d) Athenheimstsard.

13. What does Grotowski refer to contemporary theatre, or "synthetic theatre" as in "Towards a Poor Theatre" (Chapter 1)?
(a) Artsy Theatre.
(b) Contemporary Theatre.
(c) Modern Theatre.
(d) Rich Theatre.

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

15. When did the interview for "Theatre is an Encounter" take place?
(a) 1967.
(b) 1969.
(c) 1960.
(d) 1965.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who developed a system of synthesis that Grotowski adopted for the actor?

2. What color coat does the Prince wear in "The Constant Prince"?

3. In Scene 19 of "Dr. Faustus", Faustus performs miracles at the palace of whom?

4. In "Dr Faustus: Textual Montage", it is written that the play is a dialectic between mockery and _____.

5. What form of theatre is based around improvised scenarios, which Grotowski cites in "The Theatre's New Testament"?

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