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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Artaud writes of the comparison of theater to alchemy, "It is that alchemy and the theater are so to speak _____ arts, and do not carry their end--or their reality within themselves."
(a) Stagnant.
(b) Virtual.
(c) Subliminal.
(d) Transcient.

2. In his first manifesto, the author writes "Every spectacle will contain a physical and ______ element, perceptible to all."
(a) Subjective.
(b) Psychological.
(c) Analytical.
(d) Objective.

3. Who had a prophetic dream about a plague destroying his city?
(a) Saint-Remys.
(b) DuPlace.
(c) Artaud.
(d) Lord Bastillion.

4. To what does Artaud compare the ability of the theater's "magical means of art and speech to be exercised organically and altogether"?
(a) Entertainment.
(b) Religious ecstacy.
(c) Tribal rites.
(d) Renewed exorcisms.

5. What does Artaud intend to do with the stage in the Theater of Cruelty?
(a) Raise it.
(b) Abolish it.
(c) Put barriers around it.
(d) Light it on fire.

Short Answer Questions

1. Artaud maintains that since classics texts--what we generally call masterpieces--were made in the past, they are only good for what?

2. What should we do with poetry, according to Artaud?

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

4. What is the duration of all of the great plagues, according to Artaud?

5. On what island does Artaud's metaphor of the plague take place?

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