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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. Which filmmakers/performers does Artaud make reference to in "Metaphysics and Mise en Scene"?
(a) Lucy and Desi.
(b) Buster Keaton and Charlie Chaplin.
(c) Abbott and Costello.
(d) The Marx Brothers.

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

3. Where does Artaud say "there is no art: things are made for use."
(a) Africa.
(b) Asia.
(c) Mexico.
(d) America.

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

5. What will be avoided in terms of costuming in the Theater of Cruelty?
(a) Asian-inspired costumes.
(b) Masks.
(c) Modern dress.
(d) Renaissance apparel.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Artaud, where does the great public look to along with the music hall or the circus for violent satisfactions?

2. What does Artaud say has "maintained us for ten years in an ineffectual torpor"?

3. To whom does the author write his third letter from "Letters on Cruelty"?

4. In what town does Artaud tell the story of the plague being foreseen by the viceroy?

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

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