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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. Artaud claims in his first manifesto that Occidental theater should look at _____ theater for inspiration.
(a) Mexican.
(b) American.
(c) Oriental.
(d) African.

2. In his first manifesto, the author writes "Every spectacle will contain a physical and ______ element, perceptible to all."
(a) Psychological.
(b) Objective.
(c) Subjective.
(d) Analytical.

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

4. Artaud states that in the Oriental theater, forms assume and extend their "sense and their significations on all possible levels; or, if you will, they set up ______ not on a single level, but on every level of the mind at once."
(a) Gestures.
(b) Music.
(c) Words.
(d) Vibrations.

5. In his third letter from "Letters on Language," Artaud states that he never meant for cruelty to be used sporadically, but rather as the _____ of his theater."
(a) Property.
(b) Accoutrement.
(c) Spectacle.
(d) Foundation.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the second act of Artaud's proposed production?

2. Artaud intends his theater to to seek in the what of tremendous masses?

3. In his last letter from "Letters on Language," Artaud says that in fact, the theater he is defining has to assume another _____ in order to function.

4. Every breath has how many kinds of time?

5. Who appears with his men like giants alongside their tiny vessels in Act 1 of Artaud's proposed production?

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