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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through XII. An Affective Athleticism.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The _____ apportions the human breath into six principal arcana.
(a) Hindu priest.
(b) Bible.
(c) Cabala.
(d) Medical journal.

2. Artaud claims in his first manifesto that Occidental theater should look at _____ theater for inspiration.
(a) Oriental.
(b) African.
(c) American.
(d) Mexican.

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

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) Love.
(b) Order.
(c) Nature.
(d) Civilization.

5. In the Balinese theater, Artaud writes "The drama does not develop as a conflict of feelings but as a conflict of" what?
(a) Gutteral reactions.
(b) God-like entities.
(c) Psychological responses.
(d) Spiritual states.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Artaud claims that while Occidental theater is focused on the psychological, Oriental theater focuses on what?

3. What does Artaud say serves as a copy, or double, of a life that does not exist?

4. Artaud claims that the psychological theater descended from whom?

5. In "Oriental and Occidental Theater," Artaud writes, "It is not a matter of suppressing _____ in the theater but of changing its role, and especially of reducing its position."

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