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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. What does Artaud say serves as a copy, or double, of a life that does not exist?
(a) Theater.
(b) Art.
(c) Alchemy.
(d) Poetry.

2. Which form of the theater does Artaud admire in contrast to Occidental forms?
(a) American.
(b) Italian.
(c) Balinese.
(d) English.

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

4. 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."
(a) Monster.
(b) Parent.
(c) Beast.
(d) Puppet.

5. How does Artaud claim musical instruments will be treated in the Theater of Cruelty?
(a) As invisible.
(b) As objects and part of the set.
(c) As external objects.
(d) As characters.

Short Answer Questions

1. Artaud maintains that since classics texts--what we generally call masterpieces--were made in the past, they are only good for what?

2. What is the name of the third act of Artaud's proposed production?

3. In "The Alchemical Theater," Artaud writes, "All true alchemists know that the alchemical symbol is a _____ as the theater is a ______.

4. In his "Letters on Cruelty," Artaud writes of who, which "carts off vanquished princes and makes them his slaves"?

5. Artaud compares totemism to what in the Preface?

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