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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. To whom does Artaud write his second letter of "Letters on Language"?
(a) M. R. de R.
(b) M.B.C.
(c) Auguste Francois.
(d) J.P.

2. Artaud comments that anything obsessive may be considered what?
(a) Green.
(b) White.
(c) Black.
(d) Red.

3. In his third letter from "Letters on Language," Artaud states that he never meant for cruelty to be used sporadically, but rather as the _____ of his theater."
(a) Spectacle.
(b) Property.
(c) Accoutrement.
(d) Foundation.

4. What is the title of the painting which Artaud holds in great esteem in "Metaphysics and the Mise en Scene"?
(a) Rushing Water.
(b) Matthew's Assassination.
(c) Fleur de Lis.
(d) Daughters of Lot.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. To what does Artaud compare the ability of the theater's "magical means of art and speech to be exercised organically and altogether"?

2. In the Balinese theater, which figure becomes a "manager of magic" or master of "sacred ceremonies"?

3. Artaud claims that the psychological theater descended from whom?

4. Artaud writes, "it is the _______ that is the theater much more than the written and spoken play."

5. Why is the "Theater of Cruelty" considered cruel by Artaud?

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