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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Grotowski states in "Skara Speech" that memories are always _____.
(a) Visceral reactions.
(b) Emotional.
(c) Transitive reactions.
(d) Physical reactions.

2. What does Grotowski claim that a great Polish actor before the war referred to exhibitionism as?
(a) Publicotropism.
(b) Voyeurism.
(c) Narcissism.
(d) Egotism.

3. What is the name of the exercise from "Actor's Training (1966)" which intends to make the pupil let himself go completely, and at the same time, set the guttural resonator in action?
(a) "Tiger" exercise.
(b) "Mouse" exercise.
(c) "Cat" exercise.
(d) "Lion" exercise.

4. Before performances, Grotowski's actors have a period of silence for _____.
(a) 10 minutes.
(b) 2 hours.
(c) 1 hour.
(d) 30 minutes.

5. The cycle of exercises in "Stimulation of the Voice" from "Actor's Training (1966)," ends with _____.
(a) The head voice.
(b) The back voice.
(c) The belly voice.
(d) The chest voice.

6. What is the title of the exercise intended to experiment and open up the actor's vocal pitch in "Actor's Training (1966)"?
(a) "Sing-Song" exercise.
(b) "Tiger" exercise.
(c) "King-King" exercise.
(d) "La-La" exercise.

7. Grotowski in "The Actor's Technique" says that in understanding how he differs from Stanislavski, Brecht, and Artaud that it is important to distinguish between aesthetics and _____.
(a) Beauty.
(b) Activities.
(c) Methods.
(d) Theories.

8. Grotowski states in "Skara Speech" that if you do not fix your imaginary partner in a precise place your reactions will ______.
(a) Remain within yourself.
(b) Fall dead.
(c) Wander.
(d) Go to the audience.

9. Part IV of "Actor's Training (1959 - 1962)" are what kind of exercises?
(a) Voice.
(b) Upside down.
(c) Flight.
(d) Animal.

10. The problem that Grotowski encountered with Yoga for achieving concentration in the actor was that the concentration was _____.
(a) Quiet.
(b) External.
(c) Internal.
(d) Impulsive.

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

12. Grotowski says in "American Encounter", that "we cannot hide our personal, essential things--even if they are _____."
(a) Ugly.
(b) Sins.
(c) Scary.
(d) Impulses.

13. In "Actor's Training (1966)", it is noted that Grotowski mentions that contact between the audience and actor is _____ in the theatre.
(a) Destructive.
(b) Unnecessary.
(c) Vital.
(d) Detrimental.

14. Grotowski says in "Skara Speech" that he has underlined the fact through the workshop that there are no impulses or reactions without _____.
(a) Thought.
(b) Contact.
(c) Emotion.
(d) Physicality.

15. The first explanation of the "Shoulderstand exercises" is _____.
(a) How to fall.
(b) How to stand.
(c) How to jump.
(d) How to relax.

Short Answer Questions

1. The notes of "Actor's Training (1966)" were taken by _____.

2. What does Grotowski begin with in "Actor's Training (1966)"?

3. Grotowski states in "American Encounter", "In this country I have observed a certain external _____ which is part of your daily mask."

4. What type of respiration is the most effective for the actor?

5. Grotowski points out in all of his lessons in "Actor's Training (1966)" that _____ must be excluded in the exercises.

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