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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Methods.
(b) Activities.
(c) Theories.
(d) Beauty.

2. In "Dr. Faustus", the spectators are _____.
(a) The guests.
(b) The actors.
(c) The animals.
(d) The prisoners.

3. Grotowski states in "The Actor's Technique" that the greatest difference between his technique and other methods is that his is _____.
(a) Possessive.
(b) Negative.
(c) Positive.
(d) Transitive.

4. Who recorded the exercises from "Actor's Training (1959 - 1962)"?
(a) Denis Beron.
(b) Eugenio Barba.
(c) Stanislaw Scierski.
(d) Ryszard Cielsak.

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

6. How many types of respiration are there, as noted by Grotowski in "Actor's Training (1959 - 1962)"?
(a) Three.
(b) Two.
(c) Four.
(d) Five.

7. Who based his work with actors on discipline and exterior formation?
(a) Artaud.
(b) Meyerhold.
(c) Brecht.
(d) Stanislavski.

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

9. In "Actor's Training (1959 - 1962)", Grotowski notes that "The exercise serves the _____."
(a) Research.
(b) Mind.
(c) Creativity.
(d) Point.

10. Who is Grotowski's collaborator and observer in "Actor's Training (1966)"?
(a) Slowask Minorski.
(b) Ryszard Cieslak.
(c) Denis Bablet.
(d) Amanda Pasquier.

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

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

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

14. Grotowski says in "The Actor's Technique" that one cannot be completely _____ as taught in most theatre schools.
(a) Relaxed.
(b) Focused.
(c) Centered.
(d) Connected.

15. What is the first exercise in "Warming Up" from "Actor's Training (1959 - 1962)"?
(a) Walk with knees bent, hands on hips.
(b) Running on tiptoe.
(c) Walk with knees bent, gripping the ankles.
(d) Rhythmical walking while arms and hands rotate.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "The Actor's Technique," Grotowski states that the sort of questions important for him to ask is what holds the actor back from respiration, movement, and _____ most importantly.

2. In "Technique of the Voice" in "Actor's Training (1959 - 1962)", Grotowski begins with _____.

3. How long was Grotowski's seminar at the Skara Drama School?

4. Part V of "Actor's Training (1959 - 1962)" are "Leaps and _____."

5. Another thing that Grotowski notes of the creative ethic in "American Encounter" is that of _____.

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