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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. What two organs are the most affected and atrophied by the plague?
2. 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"?
3. In order for theater to resume its necessary role, we must reverse the roles of the text and the ________.
4. Who had a prophetic dream about a plague destroying his city?
5. The author of Occidental theater is replaced by what in Balinese theater?
Short Essay Questions
1. What must occur for the theater to be restored, according to the author?
2. What commonality does Artaud assert between Alchemy and the theater?
3. What does the author claim is the reasoning behind why the public is turning away from the "higher" arts in "No More Masterpieces"?
4. What does Artaud write of civilization and culture in his Preface?
5. What does Artaud say in reference to totems in his Preface?
6. What painting does Artaud describe in "Metaphysics and the Mise en Scene"?
7. What are the sources of the essays in "The Balinese Theater"?
8. How does Artaud associate culture and art?
9. What good does the author assert comes from both plagues and theater?
10. What did Saint-Remys do following his dream of the plague?
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
In "The Alchemical Theater," the author uses another metaphor. Describe this metaphor as it applies to the theater.
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the techniques of the actor as Artaud describes them in "An Affective Athleticism." What are the principle areas an actor should focus on in approaching training and a role?
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