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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. Artaud suggests that in order to take language to a metaphysical level, it must be reduced to what?
(a) Incantation.
(b) Singing.
(c) Speaking quietly.
(d) Poetry.

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

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

5. 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."
(a) Afraid.
(b) Justified.
(c) Incapable.
(d) Unwilling.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the term "Occidental" mean?

2. What is the duration of all of the great plagues, according to Artaud?

3. Artaud writes, "it is the _______ that is the theater much more than the written and spoken play."

4. Which form of the theater does Artaud admire in contrast to Occidental forms?

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

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