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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 animal does the author say has a mysterious affinity with the plague?
(a) Cows.
(b) Cats.
(c) Dogs.
(d) Swine.

2. What two organs are the most affected and atrophied by the plague?
(a) Kidneys and lungs.
(b) Brain and lungs.
(c) Pancreas and heart.
(d) Heart and gall bladder.

3. Theater must do what in order to reconstruct itself on a layer of its own virtual reality?
(a) Destroy everything.
(b) Create magic.
(c) Permit language.
(d) Imbue poetry.

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

5. What does the author refer to having subjugated Plato?
(a) The Dionysian stories.
(b) The Orphic Mysteries.
(c) The Odyssey.
(d) The Metamorphoses.

Short Answer Questions

1. The "gold" of the theater evokes in the spirit what, according to Artaud?

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

3. What was the year of the plague of which Artaud tells in "Theater and the Plague"?

4. In "The Alchemical Theater," Artaud writes, "All true alchemists know that the alchemical symbol is a _____ as the theater is a ______.

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

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