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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through In Memoriam: Antonin Artaud By Maurice Saillet.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "An Affective Athleticism," Artaud writes, "To make use of his emotions as a wrestler makes use of his muscles, he has to see the human being as a ______."
(a) Mime.
(b) Truth.
(c) Shadow.
(d) Double.

2. Artaud believes that theater should be the art of creating a higher meaning that cannot be what?
(a) Glorified.
(b) Abandoned.
(c) Vilified.
(d) Repeated.

3. What is the name of the ship in Artaud's metaphor of the plague?
(a) Calgiari.
(b) Grand-Saint-Antoine.
(c) Sardinia.
(d) Saint-Remys.

4. Artaud claims in his Second Manifesto that the Theater of Cruelty will "stage events, not ____."
(a) Men.
(b) Wars.
(c) Trivial matters.
(d) Life.

5. What does Artaud compare actors of the "current" theater to in "The Theater and Cruelty"?
(a) Religious leaders.
(b) Artisans.
(c) Puppets.
(d) Circus freaks.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What production of Calderon's did Artaud direct?

3. Artaud writes, "At the point of deterioration which our sensibility has reached, it is certain that we need above all a theater that _________."

4. According to the author, "Our long habit of seeking _____ has made us forget the idea of a serious theater."

5. In what town does Artaud tell the story of the plague being foreseen by the viceroy?

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