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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Meaning.
(b) Theme.
(c) Definition.
(d) Civilization.

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

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

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

5. In his second note of "Two Notes," Artaud writes, "everything that is ______ is sacred and since his gestures are so beautiful that they take on a symbolic significance."
(a) Authentic.
(b) Realistic.
(c) Surreal.
(d) Symbolic.

6. In "An Affective Athleticism," Artaud writes, "To make use of his emotions as a wrestler makes use of his muscles, he has to see the human being as a ______."
(a) Mime.
(b) Shadow.
(c) Double.
(d) Truth.

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

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

9. What does Artaud claim that the approach of psychological theater is?
(a) Boring.
(b) Insane.
(c) Absurd.
(d) Rational.

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

11. In his second letter from "Letters on Language," Artaud underlines the fact that _____ precede language.
(a) Mise en scene.
(b) Truth.
(c) Actions.
(d) Spectacle.

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

13. 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) Hindu.
(b) Buddhist.
(c) Shiva.
(d) Guna.

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

15. According to the author, "Our long habit of seeking _____ has made us forget the idea of a serious theater."
(a) Diversion.
(b) Ignorance.
(c) Realism.
(d) Joy.

Short Answer Questions

1. To whom does the author write his third letter from "Letters on Cruelty"?

2. The first line of Artaud's Second Manifesto, states, "Admittedly or not, conscious or unconscious, _________, a transcendent experience of life, is what the public is fundamentally seeking through love, crime, drugs, war, or insurrection."

3. What does the author say of "Works" in his first manifesto?

4. What does Artaud assert is the principle concern of the actor physically?

5. 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 ______."

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