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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 believes that theater should be the art of creating a higher meaning that cannot be what?
(a) Repeated.
(b) Vilified.
(c) Abandoned.
(d) Glorified.

2. Artaud claims in his first manifesto that Occidental theater should look at _____ theater for inspiration.
(a) African.
(b) Oriental.
(c) American.
(d) Mexican.

3. To what does Artaud compare the ability of the theater's "magical means of art and speech to be exercised organically and altogether"?
(a) Renewed exorcisms.
(b) Entertainment.
(c) Religious ecstacy.
(d) Tribal rites.

4. In what town does Artaud tell the story of the plague being foreseen by the viceroy?
(a) Marseilles.
(b) Paris.
(c) Amsterdam.
(d) Cagliari.

5. In the Balinese theater, all sounds are linked to what?
(a) Vocal tones.
(b) Magic.
(c) Gestures.
(d) Emotions.

Short Answer Questions

1. Artaud writes that to "restore [theater] to its original direction, to reinstate it in its religious and metaphysical aspect, is to reconcile it with ______."

2. In his Second Manifesto, Artaud describes the themes for the Theater of Cruelty as based on the ________ of ancient civilizations from all over the world.

3. In the Balinese theater, Artaud writes "The drama does not develop as a conflict of feelings but as a conflict of" what?

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

5. In his second letter of "Letters on Language," Artaud states that he finds the duality between author and _____ in the context of theater totally absurd, since there should be no difference between them."

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