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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 the Balinese theater, which figure becomes a "manager of magic" or master of "sacred ceremonies"?
(a) The audience.
(b) The set designer.
(c) The actor.
(d) The director.

2. Artaud states that in the Oriental theater, forms assume and extend their "sense and their significations on all possible levels; or, if you will, they set up ______ not on a single level, but on every level of the mind at once."
(a) Music.
(b) Gestures.
(c) Vibrations.
(d) Words.

3. Artaud writes that Occidental theater is a theater of what?
(a) Ritual.
(b) Dialogue.
(c) Poetics.
(d) Imagery.

4. What is the title of the painting which Artaud holds in great esteem in "Metaphysics and the Mise en Scene"?
(a) Fleur de Lis.
(b) Rushing Water.
(c) Matthew's Assassination.
(d) Daughters of Lot.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The author of Occidental theater is replaced by what in Balinese theater?

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

3. In the Preface, Artaud writes of his belief that "no matter how loudly we clamor for magic in our lives, we are really _____ of pursuing an existence entirely under its influence and sign."

4. In his second letter of "Letters on Cruelty," Artaud refers to what as being in a sense of constant creation?

5. How does Artaud claim musical instruments will be treated in the Theater of Cruelty?

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