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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who, in addition to Shakespeare and Aeschylus does Artaud refer to as a great classicist in his "Letters on Language"?
(a) Moliere.
(b) Racine.
(c) Euripides.
(d) Sophocles.

2. What second film does Artaud mention in his first note of "Two Notes"?
(a) "Monkey Business."
(b) "The General."
(c) "Animal Crackers."
(d) "The Tramp."

3. Artaud intends his theater to to seek in the what of tremendous masses?
(a) Terror.
(b) Clamoring.
(c) Sensation.
(d) Agitation.

4. In his second letter of "Letters on Cruelty," Artaud refers to what as being in a sense of constant creation?
(a) Music.
(b) Theater.
(c) Art.
(d) Film.

5. In his first letter from "Letters on Cruelty," Artaud claims that "it is understood that life is always" what?
(a) Cruel.
(b) Murder.
(c) Bloodshed.
(d) Someone's death.

Short Answer Questions

1. In his first manifesto, Artaud claims that the first thing to notice about theater is that it only expresses itself in ______.

2. What is the first note titled in "Two Notes"?

3. In "An Affective Athleticism," Artaud writes, "One must grant the actor a kind of affective musculature which corresponds to the physical localizations of ______."

4. 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."

5. Writing of language in his first manifesto, Artaud states, "It is not a question of suppressing the spoken language, but of giving words approximately the importance they have ______."

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe how Artaud defines the images and movement of the "Theater of Cruelty" in his second manifesto.

2. What does Artaud write in his "Letters on Language" regarding the psychology of characters?

3. What does Artaud write of in his third letter of "Letters on Language," which follows the publication of his Manifesto?

4. What is Artaud's subject of his second note in "Two Notes"?

5. How does Artaud describe what "cruelty" is not referring to in his letters?

6. What are the different types of breathing the author refers to?

7. What is Artaud's approach to the audience in the theater of cruelty?

8. In Artaud's first letter in "Letters on Cruelty," who is he writing to and what is his principle subject?

9. What does Artaud describe "cruelty" in reference to in his letters?

10. Describe the events of the last two acts of "The Conquest of Mexico."

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