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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Where is the painting Artaud speaks of in "Metaphysics and the Mise en Scene"?
2. Where does the theater of cruelty place the spectator?
3. In the Balinese theater, Artaud writes "The drama does not develop as a conflict of feelings but as a conflict of" what?
4. What "theater is based upon age-old traditions which have preserved intact the secrets of using gestures, intonations, and harmonies in relation to the senses"?
5. What is proposed by the author as meant to shake up the foundations of civilization and culture as a whole?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is the "reality" of the Balinese theater, according to Artaud?
2. In "Oriental and Occidental Theater," how does Artaud describe the downfall of the West?
3. What is the link between art and culture in the Occidental theater? How must this change, according to Artaud?
4. What is the principle limitation of the current theater, as described by the author in "Metaphysics and the Mise en Scene"?
5. What reality should the theater reflect, according to the author in "The Alchemical Theater"?
6. What does "gold" represent in Artaud's analogy of "The Alchemical Theater"?
7. What does the author claim is the reasoning behind why the public is turning away from the "higher" arts in "No More Masterpieces"?
8. What does Artaud write of change and civilization regarding the theater in "No More Masterpieces"?
9. What must occur for the theater to be restored, according to the author?
10. How does Artaud associate culture and art?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the role of "culture" in society and life according to Artaud. How does the theater relate to this culture?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss Artaud's description of the plague which St. Remys avoided in Artaud's first chapter. What does this story illuminate in terms of the world of art?
Essay Topic 3
In "The Alchemical Theater," the author uses another metaphor. Describe this metaphor as it applies to the theater.
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