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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. 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.
(a) Dictator.
(b) Raison d'etre.
(c) Metteur en scène.
(d) Mais de scene.

2. Artaud writes that "the symbols of alchemy provide the spiritual means of decanting and transfusing matter and must have evoked the passionate and decisive transfusion of matter by ____."
(a) Magic.
(b) Chemicals.
(c) Science.
(d) Mind.

3. What will be avoided in terms of costuming in the Theater of Cruelty?
(a) Modern dress.
(b) Asian-inspired costumes.
(c) Masks.
(d) Renaissance apparel.

4. What does the author say of "Works" in his first manifesto?
(a) They will perform classical plays.
(b) They will not perform written plays.
(c) They will reinvent classics.
(d) They will elicit new playwrights.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. On what island does Artaud's metaphor of the plague take place?

2. In the Balinese theater, which figure becomes a "manager of magic" or master of "sacred ceremonies"?

3. In his first manifesto, Artaud claims that the first thing to notice about theater is that it only expresses itself in ______.

4. What form of the virus resulted in the deaths of more people than the previous plague?

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

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