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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. To whom does the author address the first letter in "Letters on Cruelty"?
(a) Alexander Pierre.
(b) Jean Racine.
(c) Mme. Richeliou.
(d) J. P.

2. In "Oriental and Occidental Theater," Artaud writes, "It is not a matter of suppressing _____ in the theater but of changing its role, and especially of reducing its position."
(a) Triviality.
(b) Staging.
(c) Speech.
(d) Music.

3. The "gold" of the theater evokes in the spirit what, according to Artaud?
(a) True understanding.
(b) Poetry.
(c) Answers to man's questions.
(d) Absolute and abstract purity.

4. Artaud writes in the Preface that "A civilized man judges and is judged according to his" what?
(a) Letters.
(b) Behavior.
(c) Thoughts.
(d) Poetry.

5. What does Artaud say diminishes the value of the theater?
(a) Metaphysics.
(b) Gesture.
(c) Psychology.
(d) Music.

Short Answer Questions

1. In his first letter from "Letters on Cruelty," Artaud claims that "it is understood that life is always" what?

2. The author says that the problem at the heart of Occidental theater is that western art and culture systematically confuse art with what?

3. In the Preface, Artaud writes, "If confusion is the sign of the times, I see at the root of this confusion a rupture between things and ____".

4. Where was the ship from that came to dock on the island of Artaud's metaphor?

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

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