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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. To whom does the author address the first letter in "Letters on Cruelty"?
2. What does Artaud compare actors of the "current" theater to in "The Theater and Cruelty"?
3. Artaud claims that the psychological theater descended from whom?
4. "The soul can be physiologically reduced to a skein of" what, according to the author?
5. To what does Artaud compare the ability of the theater's "magical means of art and speech to be exercised organically and altogether"?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is Artaud's subject of his second note in "Two Notes"?
2. Discuss how Artaud's time and place impact his vision of the theater.
3. What is Artaud's approach to the audience in the theater of cruelty?
4. What is the author's criticism of the performance he writes of in the second of "Two Notes"?
5. What are the differences the author notes between the athlete and the actor?
6. Discuss the use of masks and accessories as described in the First Manifesto.
7. What does Artaud describe "cruelty" in reference to in his letters?
8. Describe the events of the last two acts of "The Conquest of Mexico."
9. Describe the importance and role of the actor in Artaud's Theater of Cruelty, as he describes in the First Manifesto.
10. Describe the events of the first two acts of "The Conquest of Mexico."
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the role of the "metteur en scene" in the Balinese Theater. How is this role different than in the West?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the term "metaphysics." Define this term and relate how the author uses it regarding the theater.
Essay Topic 3
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?
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