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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. Of the word "cruelty," Artaud writes in his letters that the word represents "irreversible and absolute" what?
(a) Rage.
(b) Loathing.
(c) Determination.
(d) Inspiration.

2. To whom does the author address the second letter from "Letters on Cruelty"?
(a) M. R. de R.
(b) Aguste Francois.
(c) Mme. Richeliou.
(d) J.P.

3. In his Second Manifesto, Artaud describes the themes for the Theater of Cruelty as based on the ________ of ancient civilizations from all over the world.
(a) Poetry.
(b) Theater.
(c) Sacred texts.
(d) Religions.

4. In order to put theater back on its original path, it will be necessary to link it with everything that can exist as an ______ on a stage.
(a) Action.
(b) Expression.
(c) Emotion.
(d) Entertainment.

5. Artaud claims that the psychological theater descended from whom?
(a) Racine.
(b) Jarry.
(c) Zola.
(d) Shakespeare.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the second act of Artaud's proposed production?

2. Theater must do what in order to reconstruct itself on a layer of its own virtual reality?

3. In Artaud's metaphor for the plague, where did the ship end up docking?

4. Every breath has how many kinds of time?

5. Balinese theater realizes an extreme and pure version of theater, through which everything exists only because of what?

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