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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through IX. Letters on Cruelty.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Artaud writes, "Cruelty is above all lucid, a kind of rigid control and submission to ______."
(a) Necessity.
(b) Anguish.
(c) Love.
(d) Furor.

2. Where does the theater of cruelty place the spectator?
(a) In the minds of the gods.
(b) In the center of the spectacle.
(c) At the edge of the stage.
(d) At a distance.

3. The biggest obstacle standing in the way of a complete and fundamental renewal of the art of theater is the respect and admiration that we have for the what?
(a) Classic texts.
(b) Directors.
(c) Music.
(d) Actors.

4. In his "Letters on Cruelty," Artaud writes of who, which "carts off vanquished princes and makes them his slaves"?
(a) Colonizers.
(b) Ethiopian Ras.
(c) Egyptian kings.
(d) Nazis.

5. Artaud suggests that "true theater" should not mirror human life but instead should evoke what?
(a) A world of the gods and goddesses of old.
(b) A world of artistic vision.
(c) Heaven and Hell.
(d) A reality where humans must have little influence or effect.

Short Answer Questions

1. What two organs are the most affected and atrophied by the plague?

2. Artaud writes that to "restore [theater] to its original direction, to reinstate it in its religious and metaphysical aspect, is to reconcile it with ______."

3. In Balinese theater, voice and speech are given an entirely new role, in part because the power of the director, or __________ of a play is absolute.

4. In his first letter of "Letters on Cruelty," Artaud writes, "I do not systematically cultivate _____."

5. In what year were the letters dated from "Letters on Cruelty"?

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