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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 cycle of exercises in "Stimulation of the Voice" from "Actor's Training (1966)," ends with _____.
(a) The head voice.
(b) The chest voice.
(c) The back voice.
(d) The belly voice.

2. Part IV of "Actor's Training (1959 - 1962)" are what kind of exercises?
(a) Animal.
(b) Upside down.
(c) Flight.
(d) Voice.

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

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

5. What is the first exercise from the second set of "Actor's Training (1959 - 1962)" called?
(a) The lion.
(b) The monkey.
(c) The cat.
(d) The goat.

Short Answer Questions

1. Grotowski states in "American Encounter", "In this country I have observed a certain external _____ which is part of your daily mask."

2. Part V of "Actor's Training (1959 - 1962)" are "Leaps and _____."

3. Grotowski states in "The Actor's Technique" that when he first begins work with an actor his first question is "Does this actor have any _____ difficulties?"

4. In "American Encounter" Grotowski states that the process of getting self-knowledge gives _____ to one's work.

5. How long was Grotowski's seminar at the Skara Drama School?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. What does Grotowski state regarding aesthetics in "The Actor's Technique"?

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

8. How does Grotowski describe a "score" in "The Actor's Technique"?

9. What do the "exercises in composition" from "Actor's Training (1959 - 1962)" entail?

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

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