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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 writes, "Compared with the murderer's fury which exhausts itself, that of the ______ remains enclosed within a perfect circle."
(a) "Poet."
(b) "Tragic actor."
(c) "Director."
(d) "Comedian."

2. In his first letter of "Letters on Language," Artaud insists that the task of ______ must not be subordinated to spoken or written words as if this task was simply an accessory to theater."
(a) Mise en scene.
(b) Actor.
(c) Director.
(d) Playwright.

3. In order to reinvent and modernize theater, it is necessary to get rid of what?
(a) Sacred texts.
(b) Actors.
(c) Proscenium staging.
(d) Directors.

4. According to Artaud, where does the great public look to along with the music hall or the circus for violent satisfactions?
(a) The opera.
(b) Television.
(c) The movies.
(d) The zoo.

5. In the Preface, Artaud contends we must "break through ________ in order to touch life to create or recreate the theater."
(a) Performance.
(b) Reason.
(c) Language.
(d) Order.

Short Answer Questions

1. What should we do with poetry, according to Artaud?

2. The biggest obstacle standing in the way of a complete and fundamental renewal of the art of theater is the respect and admiration that we have for the what?

3. 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."

4. What does Artaud compare actors of the "current" theater to in "The Theater and Cruelty"?

5. Artaud writes of the comparison of theater to alchemy, "It is that alchemy and the theater are so to speak _____ arts, and do not carry their end--or their reality within themselves."

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