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

2. Grotowski tells the students in "Skara Speech" to "make your actions _____."
(a) Concrete.
(b) Unique.
(c) Physical.
(d) Emotional.

3. The Skara Drama School is located in _____.
(a) Dublin.
(b) New York.
(c) Paris.
(d) Sweden.

4. Grotowski states in "The Actor's Technique" that when he first begins work with an actor his first question is "Does this actor have any _____ difficulties?"
(a) Physical.
(b) Breathing.
(c) Intellectual.
(d) Emotional.

5. Grotowski tells the students in "Skara Speech" that personal associations are not _____.
(a) Emotions.
(b) Physical.
(c) Grounded.
(d) Thoughts.

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

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

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

9. The actor should take special care to open the _____ when speaking and breathing.
(a) Lungs.
(b) Mouth.
(c) Pharynx.
(d) Larynx.

10. Grotowski says in "Skara Speech" that the "whole secret" is "Stimulations, impulses, and _____."
(a) Reactions.
(b) Thoughts.
(c) Actions.
(d) Emotions.

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

12. What exercise from "Actor's Training (1966)" starts with the pupil walking around and singing while Grotowski lies on the floor next to him?
(a) "King-King" exercise.
(b) "La-la" exercise.
(c) "Lion" exercise.
(d) "Tiger" exercise.

13. "American Encounter" was an interview during the time Grotowski was leading a workshop at _____.
(a) Columbia University.
(b) New York University.
(c) Yale School of Drama.
(d) Mason Gross School of the Arts.

14. Grotowski says in "Skara Speech" that on the stage, "we often detect a lack of harmony because the actors don't _____ their partners."
(a) Listen to.
(b) Touch.
(c) See.
(d) Like.

15. In "American Encounter" Grotowski states that the process of getting self-knowledge gives _____ to one's work.
(a) Strength.
(b) Flexibility.
(c) Emotion.
(d) Weakness.

Short Answer Questions

1. Part VI of "Actor's Training (1959 - 1962)" are exercises involving _____.

2. Section B of "Actor's Training (1959 - 1962)" are titled _____.

3. In "Actor's Training (1966)" it is stated that "if something is symmetrical it is not _____."

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

5. Grotowski states of Artaud in "The Actor's Technique" that to Artaud "there is an authentic parallelism between the effort of man who works with his body and _____."

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