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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. In the Preface, Artaud contends we must "break through ________ in order to touch life to create or recreate the theater."
2. What was the year of the plague of which Artaud tells in "Theater and the Plague"?
3. The "gold" of the theater evokes in the spirit what, according to Artaud?
4. In "Oriental and Occidental Theater," Artaud writes, "It is not a matter of suppressing _____ in the theater but of changing its role, and especially of reducing its position."
5. What should we do with poetry, according to Artaud?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is the link between art and culture in the Occidental theater? How must this change, according to Artaud?
2. What reality should the theater reflect, according to the author in "The Alchemical Theater"?
3. What does "gold" represent in Artaud's analogy of "The Alchemical Theater"?
4. How does Artaud draw the comparison between the theater and a plague?
5. How does the author describe the effects of a plague on civilization?
6. What replaces the playwright in the Balinese Theater? How is this figure described?
7. What painting does Artaud describe in "Metaphysics and the Mise en Scene"?
8. In "Oriental and Occidental Theater," how does Artaud describe the downfall of the West?
9. How does Artaud relate theater to the painting from "Metaphysics and the Mise en Scene"?
10. What does Artaud say in reference to totems in his Preface?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the role of spoken language in Oriental Theater and Occidental Theater. What are the differences? What did Artaud make of these?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the key points Artaud makes in "No More Masterpieces." Who does he refer to as the authors of these works? Why does he believe they should be disregarded?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the term "Mise en Scene." What does this term mean? How does Artaud describe it? Of what importance is it to The Theater of Cruelty?
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