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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through XI. The Theater of Cruelty (Second Manifesto).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Artaud suggests that "true theater" should not mirror human life but instead should evoke what?
(a) Heaven and Hell.
(b) A world of artistic vision.
(c) A world of the gods and goddesses of old.
(d) A reality where humans must have little influence or effect.

2. In order for theater to resume its necessary role, we must reverse the roles of the text and the ________.
(a) Stage.
(b) Director.
(c) Actor.
(d) Mise en scene.

3. In his Second Manifesto, Artaud describes the themes for the Theater of Cruelty as based on the ________ of ancient civilizations from all over the world.
(a) Theater.
(b) Poetry.
(c) Religions.
(d) Sacred texts.

4. The author of Occidental theater is replaced by what in Balinese theater?
(a) Raison d'etre.
(b) Auteur de theatre.
(c) Metteur en scène.
(d) Mise en scene.

5. Artaud writes that true theater arises out of an organized what?
(a) Suspension of disbelief.
(b) Anarchy.
(c) Structure.
(d) Lie.

Short Answer Questions

1. The author writes of the Balinese theater that "the sense of a new _________ based upon signs and no longer upon words, is liberated."

2. Artaud writes, "At the point of deterioration which our sensibility has reached, it is certain that we need above all a theater that _________."

3. What is the title of the first act of Artaud's proposed production for the Theater of Cruelty?

4. Which form of the theater does Artaud admire in contrast to Occidental forms?

5. Artaud maintains that since classics texts--what we generally call masterpieces--were made in the past, they are only good for what?

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