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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 "Oriental and Occidental Theater," the author writes, "if we restrict theater to what happens between cues, we have still not managed to separate it from the idea of a ________."
(a) Empty performance.
(b) Poetic notion.
(c) Dramatic lie.
(d) Performed text.

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

3. Artaud writes that to "restore [theater] to its original direction, to reinstate it in its religious and metaphysical aspect, is to reconcile it with ______."
(a) The civilization.
(b) The universe.
(c) The religious.
(d) The gods.

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

5. Which form of the theater does Artaud admire in contrast to Occidental forms?
(a) Balinese.
(b) American.
(c) Italian.
(d) English.

Short Answer Questions

1. The author says that the problem at the heart of Occidental theater is that western art and culture systematically confuse art with what?

2. In the Preface, Artaud contends we must "break through ________ in order to touch life to create or recreate the theater."

3. Of whom does Artaud say, "has nothing to do with the theater and must give way to specialists in its objective and animated sorcery"?

4. Why is the "Theater of Cruelty" considered cruel by Artaud?

5. In the Balinese theater, which figure becomes a "manager of magic" or master of "sacred ceremonies"?

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