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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. In "The Alchemical Theater," Artaud writes, "All true alchemists know that the alchemical symbol is a _____ as the theater is a ______.
(a) Art.
(b) Mirror.
(c) Mirage.
(d) Smokescreen.

2. Artaud suggests that in order to take language to a metaphysical level, it must be reduced to what?
(a) Poetry.
(b) Speaking quietly.
(c) Singing.
(d) Incantation.

3. Artaud writes, "it is the _______ that is the theater much more than the written and spoken play."
(a) Actor.
(b) Performance.
(c) Director.
(d) Mise en scene.

4. Of the performers of the Balinese theater, Artaud writes, "They are like huge _____ full of lines and segments drawn to connect them with an unknown natural perspective of which they seem nothing more than a, kind of detached geometry."
(a) Men.
(b) Insects.
(c) Gods.
(d) Monsters.

5. In the Balinese theater, all sounds are linked to what?
(a) Emotions.
(b) Vocal tones.
(c) Magic.
(d) Gestures.

Short Answer Questions

1. Artaud compares totemism to what in the Preface?

2. In his Preface, Artaud writes that "It is right that from time to time cataclysms occur which compel us to return to" what?

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

4. What sense has contemporary theater lost, according to Artaud?

5. What two organs are the most affected and atrophied by the plague?

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