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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 Artaud, "the Theater of Cruelty proposes to resort to a" what?
(a) Ingenius disguise.
(b) Bloodshed of enormous proportions.
(c) Mass spectacle.
(d) Elaborate show.

2. Artaud suggests that "true theater" should not mirror human life but instead should evoke what?
(a) Heaven and Hell.
(b) A world of the gods and goddesses of old.
(c) A reality where humans must have little influence or effect.
(d) A world of artistic vision.

3. What does Artaud say diminishes the value of the theater?
(a) Music.
(b) Psychology.
(c) Gesture.
(d) Metaphysics.

4. According to Artaud, where does the great public look to along with the music hall or the circus for violent satisfactions?
(a) Television.
(b) The zoo.
(c) The movies.
(d) The opera.

5. What does Artaud intend to do with the stage in the Theater of Cruelty?
(a) Abolish it.
(b) Raise it.
(c) Light it on fire.
(d) Put barriers around it.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who, in addition to Shakespeare and Aeschylus does Artaud refer to as a great classicist in his "Letters on Language"?

2. Artaud writes, "Cruelty is above all lucid, a kind of rigid control and submission to ______."

3. What does the author refer to having subjugated Plato?

4. To whom does the author address the second letter from "Letters on Cruelty"?

5. What does Artaud say has "maintained us for ten years in an ineffectual torpor"?

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