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

2. Artaud intends his theater to to seek in the what of tremendous masses?
(a) Agitation.
(b) Sensation.
(c) Terror.
(d) Clamoring.

3. What does Artaud compare actors of the "current" theater to in "The Theater and Cruelty"?
(a) Artisans.
(b) Circus freaks.
(c) Religious leaders.
(d) Puppets.

4. Artaud claims that the public thinks first of all with its what?
(a) Intellect.
(b) Body.
(c) Heart.
(d) Senses.

5. What does Artaud say has "maintained us for ten years in an ineffectual torpor"?
(a) Musicals.
(b) Theater.
(c) Movies.
(d) Opera.

Short Answer Questions

1. Artaud writes that true theater arises out of an organized what?

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

3. Artaud claims that "everything that ____ is a cruelty."

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

5. What is the name of the final act of Artaud's proposed production?

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