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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through IV. On the Balinese Theater.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Artaud say "there is no art: things are made for use."
(a) Asia.
(b) America.
(c) Africa.
(d) Mexico.

2. What sense has contemporary theater lost, according to Artaud?
(a) Aesthetic.
(b) Religious and mystic.
(c) Beauty and language.
(d) Psychological.

3. In what year was the original Le Theatre et son Double published?
(a) 1919.
(b) 1920.
(c) 1938.
(d) 1945.

4. In his Preface, Artaud writes that "It is right that from time to time cataclysms occur which compel us to return to" what?
(a) Civilization.
(b) Nature.
(c) Love.
(d) Order.

5. Which form of the theater does Artaud admire in contrast to Occidental forms?
(a) English.
(b) Italian.
(c) Balinese.
(d) American.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The author of Occidental theater is replaced by what in Balinese theater?

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

4. Where was the ship from that came to dock on the island of Artaud's metaphor?

5. Alchemy uses what to reflect physical operations at a spiritual level?

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