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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. What is the name of the final act of Artaud's proposed production?
(a) "Confession."
(b) "War."
(c) "Abdication."
(d) "Extraction."

2. In his last letter from "Letters on Cruelty," Artaud writes "the desire characteristic of _____ is cruelty since it feeds upon contingencies."
(a) Eros.
(b) Power.
(c) Athena.
(d) Lust.

3. Artaud claims that the psychological theater descended from whom?
(a) Shakespeare.
(b) Zola.
(c) Jarry.
(d) Racine.

4. Why is the "Theater of Cruelty" considered cruel by Artaud?
(a) It resurrects tortured gods.
(b) It attacks the foundation of culture.
(c) It aims to redeem mankind.
(d) Its basis is that of pain.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In his last letter from "Letters on Language," Artaud says that in fact, the theater he is defining has to assume another _____ in order to function.

2. In his third letter from "Letters on Language," Artaud states that he never meant for cruelty to be used sporadically, but rather as the _____ of his theater."

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.

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

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

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