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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through II. Metaphysics and the Mise en Scène.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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"?
(a) Oriental theater.
(b) Occidental theater.
(c) American theater.
(d) African theater.

2. Artaud comments that anything obsessive may be considered what?
(a) Green.
(b) Red.
(c) Black.
(d) White.

3. What is the duration of all of the great plagues, according to Artaud?
(a) Five months.
(b) Five years.
(c) Six years.
(d) One year.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Artaud writes that Occidental theater is a theater of what?

2. What is the title of the painting which Artaud holds in great esteem in "Metaphysics and the Mise en Scene"?

3. What was the year of the plague of which Artaud tells in "Theater and the Plague"?

4. What does the term "Occidental" mean?

5. What animal does the author say has a mysterious affinity with the plague?

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