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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. To whom does the author write his third letter from "Letters on Cruelty"?

2. What is the name of the third act of Artaud's proposed production?

3. In order to reinvent and modernize theater, it is necessary to get rid of what?

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

5. Of the performer in Artaud's second note, he writes, "His spectacle demonstrates the irresistible expressiveness of" what?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Who is Hieronymous Bosch and why does Artaud write about him in "The Theater of Cruelty"?

4. Discuss the stage as described by Artaud in his First Manifesto.

5. To whom is Artaud's third letter written in "Letters on Cruelty"? What is the author's tone in this letter? Why?

6. Discuss the themes and content of the "Theater of Cruelty" based on the second manifesto. What is the spectacle like?

7. How does Artaud describe the correlation between actions and language in his "Letters on Language"?

8. What must the actor control in order to relate emotions he wants to convey?

9. What physically must an actor learn to localize in his body?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the role of gesture in the Oriental Theater versus the Occidental Theater. In what ways are they different? Which vision did Artaud prefer and why?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the techniques of the actor as Artaud describes them in "An Affective Athleticism." What are the principle areas an actor should focus on in approaching training and a role?

Essay Topic 3

Describe the painting "The Daughters of Lot." What does Artaud intimate this painting means in terms of the theater?

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