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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Grotowski say is as important in the education of the actor as it is to a pianist or dancer?
(a) Psychology.
(b) Age.
(c) Looks.
(d) Talent.

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

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

4. What does Grotowski write that one must fight against when watching plays inspired by "Brecht theory?"
(a) Laughter.
(b) Boredom.
(c) Anger.
(d) Tears.

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

6. Who does Grotowski say theorized that the theatre should be a synthesis of all the arts?
(a) Brecht.
(b) Kranikav.
(c) Stanislavski.
(d) Wagner.

7. What British director does Grotowski cite as challenging the theories of Artaud in "He Wasn't Entirely Himself"?
(a) Peter Brook.
(b) Paul Lancaster.
(c) Brecht.
(d) Chekhov.

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

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

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

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

12. "Akropolis: Treatment of the Text" was written by the literary adviser to The Laboratory, named _____.
(a) T.K. Wiewioroswki.
(b) Michael Sosnowski.
(c) Ludwik Grotowski.
(d) Ludwik Flaszen.

13. What director proposed an autonomous theatre "vis-à-vis literature," according to Grotowski in "Theatre is an Encounter"?
(a) Stanislavski.
(b) Chekhov.
(c) Meyerhold.
(d) Artaud.

14. What act and scene in the original script of "Dr. Faustus" does Grotowski's version begin with?
(a) Act 5, Scene 2.
(b) Act 3, Scene 1.
(c) Act 4, Scene 3.
(d) Act 5, Scene 1.

15. In Scene 4 of "Dr. Faustus", Faustus describes his struggle between theology and magic as represented by an owl and a _____.
(a) Canary.
(b) Wolf.
(c) Donkey.
(d) Monkey.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long in the play "Dr. Faustus" does Faustus have to live before his martyrdom of hell?

2. What does Grotowski compare his work with actors to, as opposed to that of the artist or the scientist in "The Theatre's New Testament"?

3. What is at the core of theatre and performance, according to Grotowski in "Theatre is an Encounter"?

4. What does Grotowski compare the text to in "Theatre is an Encounter"?

5. In "The Theatre's New Testament," Grotowski says that it is "far less risky to be Mr. Smith all one's life than to be" _____.

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