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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through XI. The Theater of Cruelty (Second Manifesto).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Artaud suggests that "true theater" should not mirror human life but instead should evoke what?
(a) A world of artistic vision.
(b) Heaven and Hell.
(c) A world of the gods and goddesses of old.
(d) A reality where humans must have little influence or effect.

2. What animal does the author say has a mysterious affinity with the plague?
(a) Cats.
(b) Swine.
(c) Dogs.
(d) Cows.

3. To whom is Artaud's first letter in "Letters on Language"?
(a) J.P.
(b) M. R. de R.
(c) Aguste Francois.
(d) M.B.C.

4. In "Oriental and Occidental Theater," Artaud writes, "It is not a matter of suppressing _____ in the theater but of changing its role, and especially of reducing its position."
(a) Triviality.
(b) Music.
(c) Speech.
(d) Staging.

5. Artaud claims that the public thinks first of all with its what?
(a) Heart.
(b) Senses.
(c) Intellect.
(d) Body.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the second act of Artaud's proposed production?

2. What does Artaud write of the set for the Theater of Cruelty?

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

4. What does Artaud say diminishes the value of the theater?

5. What does Artaud contend must be seen as as the burning projection of all the objective consequences of "a gesture, word, sound, music, and their combinations"?

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