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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In his first manifesto, Artaud claims that the first thing to notice about theater is that it only expresses itself in ______.
(a) Space.
(b) Love.
(c) Life.
(d) Time.

2. In his first manifesto, the author writes "Every spectacle will contain a physical and ______ element, perceptible to all."
(a) Psychological.
(b) Analytical.
(c) Subjective.
(d) Objective.

3. In Artaud's Second Manifesto, he describes the spectacle itself as being formed along the lines of _________ which will be materialized in gestures and movement before decaying into sounds and words.
(a) Dream sequences.
(b) Bible verses.
(c) Current events.
(d) Ancient myths.

4. In his second letter of "Letters on Language," Artaud states that he finds the duality between author and _____ in the context of theater totally absurd, since there should be no difference between them."
(a) Director.
(b) Stage manager.
(c) Actor.
(d) Mise en scene.

5. Artaud writes in his Second Manifesto that he plans to "renounce the theatrical superstition of the text and the _______ of the writer."
(a) Homage.
(b) Dictatorship.
(c) Leadership.
(d) Worship.

6. What is the name of the final act of Artaud's proposed production?
(a) "War."
(b) "Confession."
(c) "Extraction."
(d) "Abdication."

7. Artaud intends his theater to to seek in the what of tremendous masses?
(a) Sensation.
(b) Clamoring.
(c) Terror.
(d) Agitation.

8. To what does Artaud compare the ability of the theater's "magical means of art and speech to be exercised organically and altogether"?
(a) Entertainment.
(b) Tribal rites.
(c) Religious ecstacy.
(d) Renewed exorcisms.

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

10. What is the "distinct poetic state of mind" which Artaud terms for the film he discusses in "Two Notes"?
(a) Comedy.
(b) Absurdism.
(c) Surrealism.
(d) Realism.

11. What is the title of the second note Artaud writes in "Two Notes"?
(a) "Autour D'une Mère."
(b) "Monkey Business."
(c) "Animal Crackers."
(d) "Thoughts on Film."

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

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

14. In his last letter from "Letters on Language," Artaud says that in fact, the theater he is defining has to assume another _____ in order to function.
(a) Civilization.
(b) Definition.
(c) Meaning.
(d) Theme.

15. How does Artaud claim musical instruments will be treated in the Theater of Cruelty?
(a) As characters.
(b) As invisible.
(c) As objects and part of the set.
(d) As external objects.

Short Answer Questions

1. To whom does Artaud write his second letter of "Letters on Language"?

2. Of whose performance does Artaud write in his second note of "Two Notes"?

3. What is the name of the third act of Artaud's proposed production?

4. "When the poetic spirit is exercised, it always leads toward a kind of boiling ______, an essential disintegration of the real by poetry."

5. To whom does the author address the second letter from "Letters on Cruelty"?

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