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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. Artaud compares totemism to what in the Preface?
2. In what town does Artaud tell the story of the plague being foreseen by the viceroy?
3. What should we do with poetry, according to Artaud?
4. Artaud writes that true theater arises out of an organized what?
5. In his Preface, Artaud writes that "It is right that from time to time cataclysms occur which compel us to return to" what?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Artaud associate culture and art?
2. What replaces the playwright in the Balinese Theater? How is this figure described?
3. What does Artaud write about the message of the painting he describes in "Metaphysics and the Mise en Scene"?
4. What does the author claim is the reasoning behind why the public is turning away from the "higher" arts in "No More Masterpieces"?
5. How does Artaud relate theater to the painting from "Metaphysics and the Mise en Scene"?
6. How does the author describe the effects of a plague on civilization?
7. In what reference does Artaud comment on Plato in "The Alchemical Theater"?
8. In "Oriental and Occidental Theater," how does Artaud describe the downfall of the West?
9. What reality should the theater reflect, according to the author in "The Alchemical Theater"?
10. What is the principle limitation of the current theater, as described by the author in "Metaphysics and the Mise en Scene"?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the elements of Artaud's theories and Theater of Cruelty as they appear in today's world. Where can we see examples of Artaud's ideas in employment today?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the term "metaphysics." Define this term and relate how the author uses it regarding the theater.
Essay Topic 3
Describe the painting "The Daughters of Lot." What does Artaud intimate this painting means in terms of the theater?
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