1. Who is the painter whom Artaud writes of in "Metaphysics and the Mise en Scene"?
(a) Andres Michaeleas.
(b) Lucas van den Leyden.
(c) Pablo Picasso.
(d) Hans Vernswarth.

2. In what year was the original Le Theatre et son Double published?
(a) 1938.
(b) 1919.
(c) 1920.
(d) 1945.

3. What is the mise en scene composed of?
(a) Acting.
(b) Poetry.
(c) Everything around production.
(d) Psychological awareness.

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

5. Where does Artaud say "there is no art: things are made for use."
(a) Africa.
(b) Asia.
(c) America.
(d) Mexico.

Short Answer 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"?

2. On what island does Artaud's metaphor of the plague take place?

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

4. Artaud compares totemism to what in the Preface?

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

(see the answer key)

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