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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through In Memoriam: Antonin Artaud By Maurice Saillet.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what film did Artaud play the role of "Marat"?
(a) "Joan d'Arc."
(b) "Marat/Sade."
(c) "Napoleon."
(d) "A Winter's Tale."

2. "The soul can be physiologically reduced to a skein of" what, according to the author?
(a) Vibrations.
(b) Movement.
(c) Breath.
(d) Thoughts.

3. 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) Staging.
(b) Triviality.
(c) Speech.
(d) Music.

4. In what year were the letters dated from "Letters on Cruelty"?
(a) 1941.
(b) 1932.
(c) 1938.
(d) 1911.

5. To whom does the author write his third letter from "Letters on Cruelty"?
(a) Mme. Richeliou.
(b) Aguste Francois.
(c) J.P.
(d) M.R. de R.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "An Affective Athleticism," Artaud writes, "To make use of his emotions as a wrestler makes use of his muscles, he has to see the human being as a ______."

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

3. Artaud says that the actors of the Balinese theater appear to be as animated what?

4. What form of the virus resulted in the deaths of more people than the previous plague?

5. What is proposed by the author as meant to shake up the foundations of civilization and culture as a whole?

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