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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. In his second letter of "Letters on Language," Artaud states that he finds the duality between author and _____ in the context of theater totally absurd, since there should be no difference between them."
(a) Actor.
(b) Stage manager.
(c) Director.
(d) Mise en scene.

2. In what town does Artaud tell the story of the plague being foreseen by the viceroy?
(a) Marseilles.
(b) Paris.
(c) Amsterdam.
(d) Cagliari.

3. What is the title of the first act of Artaud's proposed production for the Theater of Cruelty?
(a) "Evil Awaits."
(b) "Blast of Cannons."
(c) "Final Ship."
(d) "Warning Signs."

4. In his first letter from "Letters on Cruelty," Artaud claims that "it is understood that life is always" what?
(a) Cruel.
(b) Someone's death.
(c) Murder.
(d) Bloodshed.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year was the original Le Theatre et son Double published?

2. Writing of language in his first manifesto, Artaud states, "It is not a question of suppressing the spoken language, but of giving words approximately the importance they have ______."

3. Theater must do what in order to reconstruct itself on a layer of its own virtual reality?

4. What "theater is based upon age-old traditions which have preserved intact the secrets of using gestures, intonations, and harmonies in relation to the senses"?

5. In order for theater to resume its necessary role, we must reverse the roles of the text and the ________.

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