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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. Who based his work with actors on discipline and exterior formation?
(a) Artaud.
(b) Stanislavski.
(c) Meyerhold.
(d) Brecht.

2. Grotowski says in "American Encounter" that the third thing one could consider "ethical" is the problem of _____.
(a) Laughter.
(b) Process and result.
(c) Emotion.
(d) Prejudice.

3. Grotowski states in "The Actor's Technique" that the greatest difference between his technique and other methods is that his is _____.
(a) Transitive.
(b) Possessive.
(c) Positive.
(d) Negative.

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 _____.
(a) Activities.
(b) Methods.
(c) Beauty.
(d) Theories.

5. The second set of exercises in "Actor's Training (1959 - 1962)" are "Exercises to loosen up the muscles and the _____."
(a) Mind.
(b) Voice.
(c) Vertical column.
(d) Creative spirit.

Short Answer Questions

1. It is the task of _____ to amplify the carrying power of sound emitted in the actor.

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

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

4. Who built his methods on the spontaneity of daily life, according to Grotowski in "The Actor's Technique"?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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