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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. Artaud claims in his first manifesto that Occidental theater should look at _____ theater for inspiration.
(a) Mexican.
(b) African.
(c) Oriental.
(d) American.

2. In his first letter of "Letters on Language," Artaud insists that the task of ______ must not be subordinated to spoken or written words as if this task was simply an accessory to theater."
(a) Director.
(b) Playwright.
(c) Mise en scene.
(d) Actor.

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

4. In what year were the letters dated from "Letters on Cruelty"?
(a) 1938.
(b) 1932.
(c) 1941.
(d) 1911.

5. Of what does Artaud say needs not to change before theater is renewed, but the reverse is true?
(a) Truth.
(b) Art.
(c) Religion.
(d) Civilization.

Short Answer Questions

1. In his last letter from "Letters on Language," Artaud says that in fact, the theater he is defining has to assume another _____ in order to function.

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

3. In his second letter from "Letters on Language," Artaud states, "My plays have nothing to do with ______ improvisations."

4. Artaud claims in his first letter of "Letters on Language" that while it still qualifies as "theater," a play which depends entirely on a scripted text is nothing but a _____ of theater.

5. Who is the painter whom Artaud writes of in "Metaphysics and the Mise en Scene"?

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