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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. Artaud writes, "it is the _______ that is the theater much more than the written and spoken play."
(a) Director.
(b) Actor.
(c) Mise en scene.
(d) Performance.

2. 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) African theater.
(c) American theater.
(d) Occidental theater.

3. Artaud writes, "Compared with the murderer's fury which exhausts itself, that of the ______ remains enclosed within a perfect circle."
(a) "Director."
(b) "Tragic actor."
(c) "Poet."
(d) "Comedian."

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

5. What is the duration of all of the great plagues, according to Artaud?
(a) Five years.
(b) One year.
(c) Five months.
(d) Six years.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. Theater must do what in order to reconstruct itself on a layer of its own virtual reality?

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

4. In the Preface, Artaud contends we must "break through ________ in order to touch life to create or recreate the theater."

5. What form of the virus resulted in the deaths of more people than the previous plague?

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