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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. Alchemy uses what to reflect physical operations at a spiritual level?
(a) Symbols.
(b) Chemicals.
(c) Gold.
(d) Magic.

2. Artaud writes, "We are told that the Mysteries of ______ confined themselves to the mise en scene of a certain number of moral truths."
(a) Sappho.
(b) Eleusis.
(c) Orpheus.
(d) Odysseus.

3. What is the name of the third act of Artaud's proposed production?
(a) "Confession."
(b) "War Cry."
(c) "Convulsions."
(d) "Redemption."

4. Artaud writes, "At the point of deterioration which our sensibility has reached, it is certain that we need above all a theater that _________."
(a) Wakes us up.
(b) Enrages us.
(c) Frightens us.
(d) Enables us.

5. In "The Alchemical Theater," Artaud writes, "All true alchemists know that the alchemical symbol is a _____ as the theater is a ______.
(a) Mirror.
(b) Mirage.
(c) Smokescreen.
(d) Art.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Artaud claim that the approach of psychological theater is?

2. Artaud believes that in its current, Occidental interpretation, theater is limited to mimicking what through scripted dialogues?

3. According to the author, "Our long habit of seeking _____ has made us forget the idea of a serious theater."

4. What is the title of the first act of Artaud's proposed production for the Theater of Cruelty?

5. What does Artaud say serves as a copy, or double, of a life that does not exist?

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