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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The author claims that actors in France no longer "know how to do anything but" what?
(a) Sing.
(b) Bore.
(c) Talk.
(d) Stand.

2. What is the title of the first act of Artaud's proposed production for the Theater of Cruelty?
(a) "Warning Signs."
(b) "Evil Awaits."
(c) "Blast of Cannons."
(d) "Final Ship."

3. 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) Meaning.
(c) Definition.
(d) Theme.

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

5. In "An Affective Athleticism," the author writes, "The actor is an athlete of the ____."
(a) Mind.
(b) Soul.
(c) Heart.
(d) Body.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Artaud, "the Theater of Cruelty proposes to resort to a" what?

2. Artaud claims in his Second Manifesto that the Theater of Cruelty will "stage events, not ____."

3. 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."

4. What is the first note titled in "Two Notes"?

5. Artaud claims that the lighting equipment now in use would no longer be what for the Theater of Cruelty?

Short Essay Questions

1. Discuss the stage as described by Artaud in his First Manifesto.

2. Discuss Artaud's feelings about the cinema as he describes them in "The Theater of Cruelty."

3. What movie does Artaud use in comparison to his main subject in the first note of "Two Notes"? What does he write of American filmmakers?

4. Describe the events of the last two acts of "The Conquest of Mexico."

5. Discuss the use of masks and accessories as described in the First Manifesto.

6. What is Artaud's approach to the audience in the theater of cruelty?

7. What must the actor control in order to relate emotions he wants to convey?

8. Describe the importance and role of the actor in Artaud's Theater of Cruelty, as he describes in the First Manifesto.

9. What physically must an actor learn to localize in his body?

10. What does Artaud write in his "Letters on Language" regarding the psychology of characters?

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