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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through XII. An Affective Athleticism.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Of the performers of the Balinese theater, Artaud writes, "They are like huge _____ full of lines and segments drawn to connect them with an unknown natural perspective of which they seem nothing more than a, kind of detached geometry."
(a) Insects.
(b) Monsters.
(c) Gods.
(d) Men.

2. What, along with theater scripted in words, must disappear because it loses its value as soon as it is repeated?
(a) Paintings.
(b) Poetry.
(c) Dance.
(d) Sculpture.

3. In his last letter from "Letters on Cruelty," Artaud writes "the desire characteristic of _____ is cruelty since it feeds upon contingencies."
(a) Lust.
(b) Eros.
(c) Power.
(d) Athena.

4. In his second letter from "Letters on Language," Artaud states, "My plays have nothing to do with ______ improvisations."
(a) Jarry's.
(b) Nietzsche's.
(c) Racine's.
(d) Copeau's.

5. In his first letter of "Letters on Cruelty," Artaud writes, "I do not systematically cultivate _____."
(a) Fear.
(b) Bloodshed.
(c) Horror.
(d) Cruelty.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Artaud write in his first letter of "Letters on Cruelty" that he cannot reveal the particulars of?

2. Who is the painter whom Artaud writes of in "Metaphysics and the Mise en Scene"?

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

4. To whom does the author address the second letter from "Letters on Cruelty"?

5. To whom does the author write his third letter from "Letters on Cruelty"?

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