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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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"?
(a) Musician.
(b) Groomer.
(c) Physician.
(d) Shoemaker.

3. Where does the action of "Akropolis" take place in the text?
(a) A Spanish cathedral.
(b) A ship.
(c) A Cracow cathedral.
(d) A prison.

4. When was the interview in "Towards a Poor Theatre" (Chapter 1) first published?
(a) 1965.
(b) 1960.
(c) 1966.
(d) 1962.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Grotowski say that plays in book form should be called in "Theatre is an Encounter"?

2. What was the theory of the theatre, which was created by Artaud?

3. Who did Artaud write a letter to which said, "I am not entirely myself?"

4. It is said in "Dr Faustus: Textual Montage" that if one wants sainthood, one must _____.

5. Whose investigations of extroversive and introversive reactions are incorporated into Grotowski's system?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Dr. Faustus considered a saint and martyr in the play produced by Grotowski?

2. How is the audience situated in Grotowski's "Dr. Faustus"? How is the Devil portrayed?

3. Where is "Akropolis" reset in Grotowski's production?

4. What does Grotowski write of "rich theatre" in "Towards a Poor Theatre" (Chapter 1)?

5. What are some of the different meanings of "theatre" in "The Theatre's New Testament"?

6. In Chapter 1, "Towards a Poor Theatre", what does Grotowski assert is at the core of his theory on the theatre? Whom are his influences?

7. How does Grotowski answer the interviewer in "The Theatre's New Testament" about the association of the Theatre Laboratory with science?

8. How does the resetting of "Akropolis" change the central question of the play?

9. Describe the set, props, and audience location in "Akropolis".

10. Describe the critical review of "The Constant Prince" from the text.

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