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

2. What is proposed by the author as meant to shake up the foundations of civilization and culture as a whole?
(a) Theater of gesture.
(b) Theater of cruelty.
(c) Theater of shadows.
(d) Theater of meaning.

3. In his first letter from "Letters on Cruelty," Artaud claims that "it is understood that life is always" what?
(a) Cruel.
(b) Murder.
(c) Someone's death.
(d) Bloodshed.

4. Artaud writes, "Compared with the murderer's fury which exhausts itself, that of the ______ remains enclosed within a perfect circle."
(a) "Director."
(b) "Tragic actor."
(c) "Poet."
(d) "Comedian."

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Artaud claims in his first manifesto that Occidental theater should look at _____ theater for inspiration.

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

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

4. What does Artaud compare actors of the "current" theater to in "The Theater and Cruelty"?

5. In his third letter from "Letters on Language," Artaud states that he never meant for cruelty to be used sporadically, but rather as the _____ of his theater."

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