1. In "The Alchemical Theater," Artaud writes, "All true alchemists know that the alchemical symbol is a _____ as the theater is a ______.
(a) Mirage.
(b) Mirror.
(c) Art.
(d) Smokescreen.

2. According to Artaud, "the Theater of Cruelty proposes to resort to a" what?
(a) Mass spectacle.
(b) Elaborate show.
(c) Bloodshed of enormous proportions.
(d) Ingenius disguise.

3. Artaud writes in his Second Manifesto that he plans to "renounce the theatrical superstition of the text and the _______ of the writer."
(a) Worship.
(b) Homage.
(c) Leadership.
(d) Dictatorship.

4. Alchemy uses what to reflect physical operations at a spiritual level?
(a) Chemicals.
(b) Symbols.
(c) Magic.
(d) Gold.

5. Artaud writes, "At the point of deterioration which our sensibility has reached, it is certain that we need above all a theater that _________."
(a) Enables us.
(b) Frightens us.
(c) Wakes us up.
(d) Enrages us.

Short Answer Questions

1. The first line of Artaud's Second Manifesto, states, "Admittedly or not, conscious or unconscious, _________, a transcendent experience of life, is what the public is fundamentally seeking through love, crime, drugs, war, or insurrection."

2. What does Artaud say has "maintained us for ten years in an ineffectual torpor"?

3. According to the author, "Our long habit of seeking _____ has made us forget the idea of a serious theater."

4. What does Artaud accuse the "current" theater of turning its public into?

5. The "gold" of the theater evokes in the spirit what, according to Artaud?

(see the answer key)

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