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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. According to Artaud, what the athlete depends upon in ______ is what the actor depends upon in shouting a passionate curse.
2. In his first letter from "Letters on Language," Artaud writes "It seems, in brief, that the highest possible idea of the theater is one that reconciles us philosophically with _____."
3. What is the title of the first example Artaud writes the Theater of Cruelty will undertake?
4. In his second letter of "Letters on Cruelty," Artaud refers to what as being in a sense of constant creation?
5. In his Second Manifesto, Artaud describes the themes for the Theater of Cruelty as based on the ________ of ancient civilizations from all over the world.
Short Essay Questions
1. What is the author's criticism of the performance he writes of in the second of "Two Notes"?
2. Describe the events of the first two acts of "The Conquest of Mexico."
3. Discuss Artaud's feelings about the cinema as he describes them in "The Theater of Cruelty."
4. What is Artaud's subject in his first note from "Two Notes"?
5. Describe the events of the last two acts of "The Conquest of Mexico."
6. 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?
7. Who is Hieronymous Bosch and why does Artaud write about him in "The Theater of Cruelty"?
8. How does Artaud describe the correlation between actions and language in his "Letters on Language"?
9. To whom is Artaud's third letter written in "Letters on Cruelty"? What is the author's tone in this letter? Why?
10. What are the different types of breathing the author refers to?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the term "metaphysics." Define this term and relate how the author uses it regarding the theater.
Essay Topic 2
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?
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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