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

2. It is the task of _____ to amplify the carrying power of sound emitted in the actor.
(a) The lungs.
(b) Vocal chords.
(c) The tongue.
(d) Resonators.

3. 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 _____."
(a) Psychic processes.
(b) His emotions.
(c) God.
(d) Thought processes.

4. The problem that Grotowski encountered with Yoga for achieving concentration in the actor was that the concentration was _____.
(a) Internal.
(b) External.
(c) Quiet.
(d) Impulsive.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the first exercise from the second set of "Actor's Training (1959 - 1962)" called?

2. What exercise from "Actor's Training (1966)" starts with the pupil walking around and singing while Grotowski lies on the floor next to him?

3. Grotowski says in "The Actor's Technique" that psychologists readily ask the question, "What is your _____?"

4. 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 _____.

5. The cycle of exercises in "Stimulation of the Voice" from "Actor's Training (1966)," ends with _____.

Short Essay Questions

1. When asked of the evolution of his technique in "American Encounter", how does Grotowski explain?

2. What is first in the exercises of "Actor's Training (1966)"?

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. How does Grotowski describe actor-audience encounter in "American Encounter"?

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

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