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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. The _____ apportions the human breath into six principal arcana.

2. In his second letter of "Letters on Cruelty," Artaud refers to what as being in a sense of constant creation?

3. What does Artaud assert is the principle concern of the actor physically?

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

5. In "An Affective Athleticism," Artaud writes, "To make use of his emotions as a wrestler makes use of his muscles, he has to see the human being as a ______."

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

2. How does Artaud describe the correlation between actions and language in his "Letters on Language"?

3. Discuss the stage as described by Artaud in his First Manifesto.

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

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

6. What does Artaud write in his "Letters on Language" regarding the psychology of characters?

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

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

9. What are the different types of breathing the author refers to?

10. Discuss Artaud's feelings about the cinema as he describes them in "The Theater of Cruelty."

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss and describe the Theater of Cruelty as the author presents it in his First Manifesto. What are the essential elements? How does it differ from the contemporary theater of Artaud's time?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the terms "art" and "aestheticism." What does Artaud write of the Western Theater's confusion of these terms?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the term "Mise en Scene." What does this term mean? How does Artaud describe it? Of what importance is it to The Theater of Cruelty?

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