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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Grotowski states in "Skara Speech" that memories are always _____.

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the production elements of "Dr. Faustus". How were the actor's costumed? What was the setting? Where was the audience? What effect did this create?

Essay Topic 2

Define the term "textual montage" and describe how this was used in "Dr. Faustus". What other textual adaptations did Grotowski make to the script, and why?

Essay Topic 3

Describe the entire repertoire of exercises in Grotowski's work from 1959-1962. What are the major categories of exercises? What are their purposes? *

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