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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through IX. Letters on Cruelty.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who had a prophetic dream about a plague destroying his city?
(a) Artaud.
(b) Lord Bastillion.
(c) Saint-Remys.
(d) DuPlace.

3. What does Artaud contend must be seen as as the burning projection of all the objective consequences of "a gesture, word, sound, music, and their combinations"?
(a) A scene.
(b) A play.
(c) Mise en scene.
(d) An actor.

4. In his second letter of "Letters on Cruelty," Artaud refers to what as being in a sense of constant creation?
(a) Film.
(b) Theater.
(c) Art.
(d) Music.

5. Artaud claims that "everything that ____ is a cruelty."
(a) Murders.
(b) Dominates.
(c) Acts.
(d) Exists.

Short Answer Questions

1. In his first letter of "Letters on Cruelty," Artaud writes, "I do not systematically cultivate _____."

2. On what island does Artaud's metaphor of the plague take place?

3. Balinese theater realizes an extreme and pure version of theater, through which everything exists only because of what?

4. According to the author, "Our long habit of seeking _____ has made us forget the idea of a serious theater."

5. What is the mise en scene composed of?

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