1. Artaud writes, "it is the _______ that is the theater much more than the written and spoken play."
(a) Director.
(b) Actor.
(c) Mise en scene.
(d) Performance.

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) Mise en scene.
(d) Actor.

3. What is proposed by the author as meant to shake up the foundations of civilization and culture as a whole?
(a) Theater of gesture.
(b) Theater of meaning.
(c) Theater of shadows.
(d) Theater of cruelty.

4. Artaud maintains that since classics texts--what we generally call masterpieces--were made in the past, they are only good for what?
(a) The past.
(b) The museum.
(c) The stage.
(d) The future.

5. What does the author refer to having subjugated Plato?
(a) The Dionysian stories.
(b) The Orphic Mysteries.
(c) The Metamorphoses.
(d) The Odyssey.

Short Answer Questions

1. In his first letter of "Letters on Language," Artaud insists that the task of ______ must not be subordinated to spoken or written words as if this task was simply an accessory to theater."

2. What is the name of the final act of Artaud's proposed production?

3. Artaud asserts that in the Occidental version of theater, _____ are everything.

4. In his second letter from "Letters on Language," Artaud underlines the fact that _____ precede language.

5. What does Artaud claim that the approach of psychological theater is?

(see the answer key)

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