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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. To whom is Artaud's first letter in "Letters on Language"?
(a) M. R. de R.
(b) M.B.C.
(c) Aguste Francois.
(d) J.P.

6. In his first letter of "Letters on Cruelty," Artaud writes, "I do not systematically cultivate _____."
(a) Cruelty.
(b) Horror.
(c) Fear.
(d) Bloodshed.

7. What does Artaud assert is the principle concern of the actor physically?
(a) Strength.
(b) Emotions.
(c) Breath.
(d) Physique.

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

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

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

11. The _____ apportions the human breath into six principal arcana.
(a) Cabala.
(b) Hindu priest.
(c) Medical journal.
(d) Bible.

12. 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) Symbolic.
(d) Surreal.

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

14. In his second letter of "Letters on Cruelty," Artaud refers to what as being in a sense of constant creation?
(a) Theater.
(b) Art.
(c) Film.
(d) Music.

15. Artaud claims in his first manifesto that Occidental theater should look at _____ theater for inspiration.
(a) African.
(b) Mexican.
(c) Oriental.
(d) American.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Artaud intend to do with the stage in the Theater of Cruelty?

2. Of the performer in Artaud's second note, he writes, "His spectacle demonstrates the irresistible expressiveness of" what?

3. Every breath has how many kinds of time?

4. Artaud intends his theater to to seek in the what of tremendous masses?

5. Artaud claims that the psychological theater descended from whom?

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