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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 from the second set of "Actor's Training (1959 - 1962)" called?

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

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

4. Part IV of "Actor's Training (1959 - 1962)" are what kind of exercises?

5. Another thing that Grotowski notes of the creative ethic in "American Encounter" is that of _____.

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the entire repertoire of exercises in Grotowski's work from 1966. How did Grotowski's methods change from the previous period? What are the major categories of exercises? What are their purposes?

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the meaning of the term "theatre." What does this term mean to Grotowski? What does it mean to the other figures cited in the book?

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