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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 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) Mise en scene.
(c) Playwright.
(d) Actor.

2. Saillet writes in "In Memoriam," "In 1923 [Artaud] showed someone he knew to be interested in new forms of expression a slender notebook of poems-all or almost all in praise of _____."
(a) Absinthe.
(b) Morphine.
(c) Marijuana.
(d) Opium.

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 religious.
(b) The universe.
(c) The civilization.
(d) The gods.

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. To whom does the author address the first letter in "Letters on Cruelty"?
(a) Jean Racine.
(b) Alexander Pierre.
(c) J. P.
(d) Mme. Richeliou.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the term "Occidental" mean?

2. What did the performer replicate in the production Artaud speaks of in his second note of "Two Notes"?

3. Writing of language in his first manifesto, Artaud states, "It is not a question of suppressing the spoken language, but of giving words approximately the importance they have ______."

4. In his first manifesto, the author writes "Every spectacle will contain a physical and ______ element, perceptible to all."

5. Artaud writes in the Preface that "A civilized man judges and is judged according to his" what?

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