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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 body should appear how in the warm-up exercises from "Actor's Training (1959 - 1962)"?

2. One of the greatest dangers for the actor is _____ according to Grotowski in "The Actor's Technique".

3. What does Grotowski approach second in "Actor's Training (1966)"?

4. Grotowski says in "American Encounter" that the third thing one could consider "ethical" is the problem of _____.

5. The actor should take special care to open the _____ when speaking and breathing.

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe what Grotowski means when he refers to "acting with the whole body." How is this achieved? How does this apply to the voice?

Essay Topic 2

Compare Grotowski's method of actor training to science and the Bohr Institute. What does Grotowski admire about the institute and why?

Essay Topic 3

Describe the setting, costuming, props, and actor-audience relationship in Grotowski's production of "Akropolis".

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