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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 Artaud's metaphor for the plague, where did the ship end up docking?
(a) Sicily.
(b) Marseilles.
(c) Paris.
(d) Rome.

2. What does Artaud say serves as a copy, or double, of a life that does not exist?
(a) Theater.
(b) Alchemy.
(c) Art.
(d) Poetry.

3. 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.

4. What does the term "Occidental" mean?
(a) Western.
(b) African.
(c) Eastern.
(d) Southern.

5. What does Artaud write of the set for the Theater of Cruelty?
(a) Sets will be made of fabric.
(b) There will be no set.
(c) Sets will be elaborate.
(d) Sets will be period-specific.

Short Answer Questions

1. Of what does Artaud say needs not to change before theater is renewed, but the reverse is true?

2. Why is the "Theater of Cruelty" considered cruel by Artaud?

3. Artaud comments that anything obsessive may be considered what?

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

5. In Balinese theater, voice and speech are given an entirely new role, in part because the power of the director, or __________ of a play is absolute.

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