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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. 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) Worship.
(c) Dictatorship.
(d) Leadership.

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

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

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) Mise en scene.
(b) Director.
(c) Stage manager.
(d) Actor.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who appears with his men like giants alongside their tiny vessels in Act 1 of Artaud's proposed production?

2. What film does the author discuss in his first note of "Two Notes"?

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

4. In "An Affective Athleticism," the author writes, "The actor is an athlete of the ____."

5. In his "Letters on Cruelty," Artaud writes of who, which "carts off vanquished princes and makes them his slaves"?

Short Essay Questions

1. Discuss how Artaud's time and place impact his vision of the theater.

2. What are the differences the author notes between the athlete and the actor?

3. What is Artaud's subject of his second note in "Two Notes"?

4. How does Artaud describe what "cruelty" is not referring to in his letters?

5. In Artaud's "Letters on Language," he insists that the task of "mise en scène" must not be subordinated to spoken or written words as if this task was simply an accessory to theater. What does this mean?

6. In Artaud's first letter in "Letters on Cruelty," who is he writing to and what is his principle subject?

7. What is the author's criticism of the performance he writes of in the second of "Two Notes"?

8. Describe the events of the first two acts of "The Conquest of Mexico."

9. To whom is Artaud's third letter written in "Letters on Cruelty"? What is the author's tone in this letter? Why?

10. Discuss and describe Artaud's depiction of lighting for the Theater of Cruelty in the First Manifesto.

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