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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. Who had a prophetic dream about a plague destroying his city?
(a) DuPlace.
(b) Saint-Remys.
(c) Lord Bastillion.
(d) Artaud.

2. In his Preface, Artaud writes that "It is right that from time to time cataclysms occur which compel us to return to" what?
(a) Order.
(b) Love.
(c) Civilization.
(d) Nature.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the painter whom Artaud writes of in "Metaphysics and the Mise en Scene"?

2. What does the term "Occidental" mean?

3. What two organs are the most affected and atrophied by the plague?

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

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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