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

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

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

4. The body should appear how in the warm-up exercises from "Actor's Training (1959 - 1962)"?
(a) Weightless.
(b) Leaden.
(c) Focused.
(d) Restrained.

5. The one absolute rule Grotowski cites in "Actor's Training (1966)" is that what must come first, then vocal expression?
(a) Bodily activity.
(b) Memory.
(c) Thought.
(d) Emotion.

Short Answer Questions

1. Most of the physical distortion exercises from "Actor's Training (1966)" seem to be based on _____.

2. Grotowski says in "American Encounter", that "we cannot hide our personal, essential things--even if they are _____."

3. What part of the body does Grotowski call the "center of expression" in "Actor's Training (1966)"?

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

5. What is the title of the exercise intended to experiment and open up the actor's vocal pitch in "Actor's Training (1966)"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are resonators? Where are they in the body?

2. What does Grotowski say of the current methods of acting in "The Actor's Technique"?

3. What is "ethics" in relation to acting as described by Grotowski in "American Encounter"?

4. What different types of breath are there? What is the importance of breath in the actor?

5. What are the conceptual exercises like in "Actor's Training (1966)"?

6. What differences are there between the earlier exercises and "Actor's Training (1966)"?

7. What exercises compose the second section from "Actor's Training (1959 - 1962)"?

8. What does Grotowski say of "clichés" in "Skara Speech"?

9. How does Grotowski describe using memory in emotional reactions in "Skara Speech"?

10. How does Grotowski treat his students in the exercise notes?

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