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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 writes that "the symbols of alchemy provide the spiritual means of decanting and transfusing matter and must have evoked the passionate and decisive transfusion of matter by ____."
(a) Science.
(b) Magic.
(c) Mind.
(d) Chemicals.

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

3. Artaud writes that true theater arises out of an organized what?
(a) Anarchy.
(b) Suspension of disbelief.
(c) Lie.
(d) Structure.

4. Artaud writes, "We are told that the Mysteries of ______ confined themselves to the mise en scene of a certain number of moral truths."
(a) Orpheus.
(b) Sappho.
(c) Eleusis.
(d) Odysseus.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The "gold" of the theater evokes in the spirit what, according to Artaud?

2. 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"?

3. In the Preface, Artaud writes of his belief that "no matter how loudly we clamor for magic in our lives, we are really _____ of pursuing an existence entirely under its influence and sign."

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

5. Artaud believes that in its current, Occidental interpretation, theater is limited to mimicking what through scripted dialogues?

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