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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through III. The Alchemical Theater.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In the Preface, Artaud contends we must "break through ________ in order to touch life to create or recreate the theater."
(a) Performance.
(b) Language.
(c) Reason.
(d) Order.

3. On what island does Artaud's metaphor of the plague take place?
(a) Greenland.
(b) Monte Blanc.
(c) Sardinia.
(d) Indonesia.

4. The "gold" of the theater evokes in the spirit what, according to Artaud?
(a) Absolute and abstract purity.
(b) Poetry.
(c) True understanding.
(d) Answers to man's questions.

5. Artaud writes that true theater arises out of an organized what?
(a) Suspension of disbelief.
(b) Lie.
(c) Structure.
(d) Anarchy.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. 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."

4. Where does Artaud say "there is no art: things are made for use."

5. In his Preface, Artaud writes that "It is right that from time to time cataclysms occur which compel us to return to" what?

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