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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. The most developed of acting methods belongs to whom, according to Grotowski in "The Actor's Technique"?
(a) Stanislavski.
(b) Brecht.
(c) Meyerhold.
(d) Artaud.

2. Most of the physical distortion exercises from "Actor's Training (1966)" seem to be based on _____.
(a) Yoga.
(b) Martial Arts.
(c) Dance.
(d) Ballet.

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

4. In "Actor's Training (1966)", it is noted that Grotowski mentions that contact between the audience and actor is _____ in the theatre.
(a) Destructive.
(b) Detrimental.
(c) Vital.
(d) Unnecessary.

5. Part V of "Actor's Training (1959 - 1962)" are "Leaps and _____."
(a) Somersaults.
(b) Dances.
(c) Gestures.
(d) Falls.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Grotowski says in "Skara Speech" that on the stage, "we often detect a lack of harmony because the actors don't _____ their partners."

4. Grotowski points out in all of his lessons in "Actor's Training (1966)" that _____ must be excluded in the exercises.

5. How many types of respiration are there, as noted by Grotowski in "Actor's Training (1959 - 1962)"?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe briefly the "plastic" exercises from "Actor's Training (1959 - 1962)".

2. How does Grotowski treat his students in class? Why?

3. What advice does Grotowski give to the actors in the ending of "Actor's Training (1966)"?

4. Describe the beginning exercises in "Actor's Training (1959 - 1962)."

5. How does Grotowski's technique differ from the theorists he mentions in "The Actor's Technique"?

6. How does Grotowski feel about externalization, or "classical acting" techniques?

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

8. What exercises take place second in "Actor's Training (1966)"?

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

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

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