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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. What was the year of the plague of which Artaud tells in "Theater and the Plague"?
(a) 1720.
(b) 1885.
(c) 1810.
(d) 1900.

2. What does the author refer to having subjugated Plato?
(a) The Odyssey.
(b) The Orphic Mysteries.
(c) The Dionysian stories.
(d) The Metamorphoses.

3. In Artaud's metaphor for the plague, where did the ship end up docking?
(a) Rome.
(b) Paris.
(c) Marseilles.
(d) Sicily.

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

5. Alchemy uses what to reflect physical operations at a spiritual level?
(a) Magic.
(b) Chemicals.
(c) Gold.
(d) Symbols.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In the Preface, Artaud contends we must "break through ________ in order to touch life to create or recreate the theater."

3. Artaud suggests that in order to take language to a metaphysical level, it must be reduced to what?

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

5. Who had a prophetic dream about a plague destroying his city?

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