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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. Why is the "Theater of Cruelty" considered cruel by Artaud?
(a) It attacks the foundation of culture.
(b) It aims to redeem mankind.
(c) Its basis is that of pain.
(d) It resurrects tortured gods.

2. Where is the painting Artaud speaks of in "Metaphysics and the Mise en Scene"?
(a) The Museum of Modern Art.
(b) The Louvre.
(c) The Pantheon.
(d) The Guggenheim.

3. What does the author refer to having subjugated Plato?
(a) The Dionysian stories.
(b) The Odyssey.
(c) The Metamorphoses.
(d) The Orphic Mysteries.

4. What is the name of the third act of Artaud's proposed production?
(a) "Convulsions."
(b) "Confession."
(c) "Redemption."
(d) "War Cry."

5. In his "Letters on Cruelty," Artaud writes of who, which "carts off vanquished princes and makes them his slaves"?
(a) Egyptian kings.
(b) Colonizers.
(c) Nazis.
(d) Ethiopian Ras.

Short Answer Questions

1. Describing the Balinese theater, Artaud writes, "And there is in the truly terrifying look of their devil (probably Tibetan) a striking similarity to the look of a certain ______ in our own remembrance."

2. In the Preface, Artaud contends we must "break through ________ in order to touch life to create or recreate the theater."

3. Artaud claims that while Occidental theater is focused on the psychological, Oriental theater focuses on what?

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

5. What is the title of the painting which Artaud holds in great esteem in "Metaphysics and the Mise en Scene"?

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