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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. In "Dr Faustus: Textual Montage", it is written that the play is a dialectic between mockery and _____.
(a) Evil
(b) Satire.
(c) Apotheosis.
(d) Morality.

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

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

4. What does Grotowski define as "not a collection of skills but an eradication of blocks?"
(a) Via negativa.
(b) Resistance training.
(c) Der negate.
(d) The Method.

5. The actor playing Dr. Faustus in Grotowski's "Dr. Faustus" is said to resemble _____.
(a) St. Christopher.
(b) St. Martin.
(c) St. Augustus.
(d) St. Sebastian.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who developed bio-mechanical training for the actor?

2. Grotowski writes in "He Wasn't Entirely Himself," that "like ____, Artaud knew of Emmanuel's coming, and what it promised."

3. When did the interview for "Theatre is an Encounter" take place?

4. What does "he who once dreamed of becoming a playwright" usually end up as, according to Grotowski?

5. Faustus is considered not only a saint but also _____.

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe the costumes of "Akropolis". What do they contribute to the play's interpretation?

3. In what ways does Grotowski describe the actor as one who sacrifices in "The Theatre's New Testament"?

4. How does Grotowski reverse Faustus' intention in the last monologue of "Dr. Faustus"?

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

6. What does Grotowski write in "Towards a Poor Theatre" (Chapter 1) regarding experimental theatre, gimmicks, and tricks?

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

8. 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?

9. What does Grotowski write of the "life-mask" in "Towards a Poor Theatre" (Chapter 1)?

10. How did Grotowski develop the theories behind the "poor theatre" and the Theatre Laboratory?

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