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

2. Alchemy uses what to reflect physical operations at a spiritual level?
(a) Gold.
(b) Symbols.
(c) Magic.
(d) Chemicals.

3. Artaud claims that while Occidental theater is focused on the psychological, Oriental theater focuses on what?
(a) The metaphysical.
(b) The realistic.
(c) The spiritual.
(d) The music.

4. Artaud writes, "We are told that the Mysteries of ______ confined themselves to the mise en scene of a certain number of moral truths."
(a) Odysseus.
(b) Eleusis.
(c) Sappho.
(d) Orpheus.

5. Artaud believes that in its current, Occidental interpretation, theater is limited to mimicking what through scripted dialogues?
(a) The magical.
(b) The supernatural.
(c) Daily life.
(d) The transcendent.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Artaud writes in the Preface that "A civilized man judges and is judged according to his" what?

3. 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?

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

5. What does Artaud say serves as a copy, or double, of a life that does not exist?

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