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

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

3. 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) African theater.
(b) Oriental theater.
(c) Occidental theater.
(d) American theater.

4. Artaud writes that Occidental theater is a theater of what?
(a) Dialogue.
(b) Imagery.
(c) Ritual.
(d) Poetics.

5. Artaud writes in the Preface that "A civilized man judges and is judged according to his" what?
(a) Thoughts.
(b) Behavior.
(c) Poetry.
(d) Letters.

Short Answer Questions

1. Artaud suggests that in order to take language to a metaphysical level, it must be reduced to what?

2. In Artaud's metaphor for the plague, where did the ship end up docking?

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

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

5. What word expressed by the translator is typically translated as "mind" because it has no English equivalent, combining as it does both mind and spirit?

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