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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through XII. An Affective Athleticism.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the final act of Artaud's proposed production?
(a) "Extraction."
(b) "Confession."
(c) "Abdication."
(d) "War."

2. What does Artaud intend to do with the stage in the Theater of Cruelty?
(a) Abolish it.
(b) Put barriers around it.
(c) Light it on fire.
(d) Raise it.

3. In Artaud's metaphor for the plague, where did the ship end up docking?
(a) Sicily.
(b) Paris.
(c) Rome.
(d) Marseilles.

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

5. What does the author say of "Works" in his first manifesto?
(a) They will elicit new playwrights.
(b) They will reinvent classics.
(c) They will not perform written plays.
(d) They will perform classical plays.

Short Answer Questions

1. To whom does the author address the first letter in "Letters on Cruelty"?

2. In what year was the original Le Theatre et son Double published?

3. Artaud claims in his first letter of "Letters on Language" that while it still qualifies as "theater," a play which depends entirely on a scripted text is nothing but a _____ of theater.

4. What will be avoided in terms of costuming in the Theater of Cruelty?

5. In order to reinvent and modernize theater, it is necessary to get rid of what?

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