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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through XI. The Theater of Cruelty (Second Manifesto).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Artaud, "the Theater of Cruelty proposes to resort to a" what?
(a) Bloodshed of enormous proportions.
(b) Ingenius disguise.
(c) Elaborate show.
(d) Mass spectacle.

2. What does the author refer to having subjugated Plato?
(a) The Dionysian stories.
(b) The Odyssey.
(c) The Orphic Mysteries.
(d) The Metamorphoses.

3. What is the title of the first act of Artaud's proposed production for the Theater of Cruelty?
(a) "Blast of Cannons."
(b) "Warning Signs."
(c) "Final Ship."
(d) "Evil Awaits."

4. What does Artaud say serves as a copy, or double, of a life that does not exist?
(a) Art.
(b) Poetry.
(c) Theater.
(d) Alchemy.

5. What is the name of the second act of Artaud's proposed production?
(a) "Confession."
(b) "Salvation."
(c) "Extraction."
(d) "Redemption."

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Artaud accuse the "current" theater of turning its public into?

2. The "gold" of the theater evokes in the spirit what, according to Artaud?

3. Artaud intends his theater to to seek in the what of tremendous masses?

4. In "The Alchemical Theater," Artaud writes, "All true alchemists know that the alchemical symbol is a _____ as the theater is a ______.

5. Who appears with his men like giants alongside their tiny vessels in Act 1 of Artaud's proposed production?

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