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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What takes place in Scene 9 of Grotowski's "Dr. Faustus"?
(a) Faustus' birth.
(b) Faustus' baptism.
(c) Faustus' marriage.
(d) Faustus' beheading.

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

3. What is at the core of theatre and performance, according to Grotowski in "Theatre is an Encounter"?
(a) The conflict.
(b) The beat.
(c) The text.
(d) The encounter.

4. In "The Theatre's New Testament," Grotowski says, "The elaboration of artificiality is a question of _____ - sounds and gestures - which evoke associations in the psyche of the audience."
(a) Ideograms.
(b) Holograms.
(c) Archetypes.
(d) Signals.

5. Who does Grotowski say asked the key methodological questions of acting in "Towards a Poor Theatre" (Chapter 1)?
(a) Chekhov.
(b) Brecht.
(c) Artaud.
(d) Stanislavski.

6. Who played the role of the Constant Prince in Grotowski's production of "The Constant Prince"?
(a) Antoni Jaholkowski.
(b) Rena Mirecka.
(c) Ryszard Cieslak.
(d) Stanislaw Scierski.

7. Whom does Grotowski quote in "Towards a Poor Theatre" (Chapter 1) as saying, "Each technique leads to metaphysics"?
(a) Sartre.
(b) Beckett.
(c) Foucault.
(d) Heidegger.

8. The two fundamental elements that define theatre to Grotowski are the actor and the _____.
(a) Audience.
(b) Text.
(c) Director.
(d) Designer.

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

10. Where was "Dr Faustus: Textual Montage" first published as an article?
(a) Tulane Drama Review.
(b) Los Angeles Drama Review.
(c) New York Drama Review.
(d) Paris Drama Review.

11. Whose investigations of extroversive and introversive reactions are incorporated into Grotowski's system?
(a) Delsarte's.
(b) Stanislavski's.
(c) Dullin's.
(d) Brecht's.

12. Whom is Faustus arguing with in the opening scene of Grotowski's production?
(a) Three doctors.
(b) The devil.
(c) Three scholars.
(d) The villagers.

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

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

15. Grotowski states in "Theatre is an Encounter" that he gravitates toward the great romantic poets of Poland, but also to the works of Calderon and _____.
(a) Marlowe.
(b) Shakespeare.
(c) Socrates.
(d) Homer.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the setting of Grotowski's "Dr. Faustus"?

3. Where is Faustus in Scene 6 of Grotowski's "Dr. Faustus"?

4. What British director does Grotowski cite as challenging the theories of Artaud in "He Wasn't Entirely Himself"?

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

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