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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. The author of Occidental theater is replaced by what in Balinese theater?
(a) Mise en scene.
(b) Metteur en scène.
(c) Raison d'etre.
(d) Auteur de theatre.

2. What is proposed by the author as meant to shake up the foundations of civilization and culture as a whole?
(a) Theater of gesture.
(b) Theater of shadows.
(c) Theater of cruelty.
(d) Theater of meaning.

3. In "The Alchemical Theater," Artaud writes, "All true alchemists know that the alchemical symbol is a _____ as the theater is a ______.
(a) Mirage.
(b) Art.
(c) Smokescreen.
(d) Mirror.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Of what does Artaud say needs not to change before theater is renewed, but the reverse is true?

2. How does Artaud claim musical instruments will be treated in the Theater of Cruelty?

3. Balinese theater realizes an extreme and pure version of theater, through which everything exists only because of what?

4. Where was the ship from that came to dock on the island of Artaud's metaphor?

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

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