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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In his Second Manifesto, Artaud writes that "the Theater of Cruelty will address itself only to _____ man.
(a) Subconscious.
(b) Modern.
(c) Ancient.
(d) Total.

2. Artaud claims that the lighting equipment now in use would no longer be what for the Theater of Cruelty?
(a) Abstract.
(b) Realistic.
(c) Inspired.
(d) Adequate.

3. What is the name of the second act of Artaud's proposed production?
(a) "Salvation."
(b) "Extraction."
(c) "Redemption."
(d) "Confession."

4. Of the performer in Artaud's second note, he writes, "His spectacle demonstrates the irresistible expressiveness of" what?
(a) The mind.
(b) The breath.
(c) Symbolism.
(d) Gesture.

5. Artaud writes of "a seventh state which is beyond breath and which, through the door of the highest ____, the state of Sattva, joins the manifest to the non-manifest."
(a) Shiva.
(b) Guna.
(c) Hindu.
(d) Buddhist.

6. Artaud claims that "everything that ____ is a cruelty."
(a) Murders.
(b) Acts.
(c) Dominates.
(d) Exists.

7. Artaud claims in his first letter of "Letters on Language" that while it still qualifies as "theater," a play which depends entirely on a scripted text is nothing but a _____ of theater.
(a) Imitation.
(b) Distraction.
(c) Perversion.
(d) Bad attempt.

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

9. Artaud claims in his Second Manifesto that the Theater of Cruelty will "stage events, not ____."
(a) Men.
(b) Life.
(c) Trivial matters.
(d) Wars.

10. "When the poetic spirit is exercised, it always leads toward a kind of boiling ______, an essential disintegration of the real by poetry."
(a) Anarchy.
(b) Redemption.
(c) Dissimilation.
(d) Freedom.

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

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

13. In his last letter from "Letters on Cruelty," Artaud writes "the desire characteristic of _____ is cruelty since it feeds upon contingencies."
(a) Power.
(b) Eros.
(c) Athena.
(d) Lust.

14. In "An Affective Athleticism," Artaud writes, "One must grant the actor a kind of affective musculature which corresponds to the physical localizations of ______."
(a) Thought.
(b) Sanity.
(c) Breath.
(d) Feelings.

15. According to Artaud, what the athlete depends upon in ______ is what the actor depends upon in shouting a passionate curse.
(a) Running.
(b) Throwing.
(c) Fighting.
(d) Catching.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the title of the first act of Artaud's proposed production for the Theater of Cruelty?

3. What second film does Artaud mention in his first note of "Two Notes"?

4. Every breath has how many kinds of time?

5. "What voluntary breathing provokes is a spontaneous reappearance" of what?

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