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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. According to the author, "Our long habit of seeking _____ has made us forget the idea of a serious theater."
(a) Ignorance.
(b) Joy.
(c) Diversion.
(d) Realism.

2. What is the mise en scene composed of?
(a) Poetry.
(b) Psychological awareness.
(c) Everything around production.
(d) Acting.

3. In "The Alchemical Theater," Artaud writes, "All true alchemists know that the alchemical symbol is a _____ as the theater is a ______.
(a) Mirage.
(b) Art.
(c) Mirror.
(d) Smokescreen.

4. Artaud contends that the separation of life and theater, where the latter is but a mirror image of the former, is inherently what?
(a) False.
(b) Poetic.
(c) True.
(d) Complete.

5. To whom does the author address the second letter from "Letters on Cruelty"?
(a) Aguste Francois.
(b) Mme. Richeliou.
(c) J.P.
(d) M. R. de R.

Short Answer Questions

1. Of whom does Artaud say, "has nothing to do with the theater and must give way to specialists in its objective and animated sorcery"?

2. In the Balinese theater, which figure becomes a "manager of magic" or master of "sacred ceremonies"?

3. What is the title of the first example Artaud writes the Theater of Cruelty will undertake?

4. Who had a prophetic dream about a plague destroying his city?

5. What does Artaud say diminishes the value of the theater?

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