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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. What is the first exercise in "Warming Up" from "Actor's Training (1959 - 1962)"?

2. Section B of "Actor's Training (1959 - 1962)" are based upon the work of _____.

3. Grotowski says in "Skara Speech" that he has underlined the fact through the workshop that there are no impulses or reactions without _____.

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

5. What is the name of the cat Grotowski refers to when discussing associations in "Skara Speech"?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. What does Grotowski say of memory in his "Skara Speech"?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Grotowski's assessment of Antonin Artaud. What does Grotowski say regarding the ability to put Artaud's theories into action?

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

Discuss how Grotowski views the typical "American actor training." What does Grotowski say regarding Stanislavski and his disciples?

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