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

2. What is the name of the ship in Artaud's metaphor of the plague?
(a) Sardinia.
(b) Grand-Saint-Antoine.
(c) Calgiari.
(d) Saint-Remys.

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

4. Artaud suggests that "true theater" should not mirror human life but instead should evoke what?
(a) Heaven and Hell.
(b) A world of artistic vision.
(c) A world of the gods and goddesses of old.
(d) A reality where humans must have little influence or effect.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In "The Alchemical Theater," Artaud writes, "All true alchemists know that the alchemical symbol is a _____ as the theater is a ______.

2. Which form of the theater does Artaud admire in contrast to Occidental forms?

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

4. What "theater is based upon age-old traditions which have preserved intact the secrets of using gestures, intonations, and harmonies in relation to the senses"?

5. Balinese theater realizes an extreme and pure version of theater, through which everything exists only because of what?

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