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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 that Occidental theater is a theater of what?
(a) Poetics.
(b) Ritual.
(c) Imagery.
(d) Dialogue.

2. In "An Affective Athleticism," the author writes, "The actor is an athlete of the ____."
(a) Soul.
(b) Body.
(c) Heart.
(d) Mind.

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

4. What was the year of the plague of which Artaud tells in "Theater and the Plague"?
(a) 1885.
(b) 1810.
(c) 1720.
(d) 1900.

5. What does the author say of "Works" in his first manifesto?
(a) They will perform classical plays.
(b) They will not perform written plays.
(c) They will elicit new playwrights.
(d) They will reinvent classics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In his second letter of "Letters on Language," Artaud states that he finds the duality between author and _____ in the context of theater totally absurd, since there should be no difference between them."

3. To what does Artaud compare the ability of the theater's "magical means of art and speech to be exercised organically and altogether"?

4. What sense has contemporary theater lost, according to Artaud?

5. To whom is Artaud's first letter in "Letters on Language"?

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