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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 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) Virtual.
(b) Stagnant.
(c) Transcient.
(d) Subliminal.

2. What is the title of the first example Artaud writes the Theater of Cruelty will undertake?
(a) "David and Goliath."
(b) "The Conquest of Mexico."
(c) "The Ends of Time."
(d) "The Spanist Conquistador."

3. Artaud writes in his Second Manifesto that he plans to "renounce the theatrical superstition of the text and the _______ of the writer."
(a) Worship.
(b) Homage.
(c) Dictatorship.
(d) Leadership.

4. According to Artaud, "the Theater of Cruelty proposes to resort to a" what?
(a) Mass spectacle.
(b) Elaborate show.
(c) Ingenius disguise.
(d) Bloodshed of enormous proportions.

5. Who appears with his men like giants alongside their tiny vessels in Act 1 of Artaud's proposed production?
(a) D'Ablo.
(b) Cortez.
(c) Hurez.
(d) Napoleon.

Short Answer Questions

1. Artaud claims that the psychological theater descended from whom?

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

3. The "gold" of the theater evokes in the spirit what, according to Artaud?

4. What does Artaud compare actors of the "current" theater to in "The Theater and Cruelty"?

5. According to Artaud, where does the great public look to along with the music hall or the circus for violent satisfactions?

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