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

2. 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."
(a) Afraid.
(b) Incapable.
(c) Justified.
(d) Unwilling.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Artaud believes that in its current, Occidental interpretation, theater is limited to mimicking what through scripted dialogues?

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

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

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

5. Artaud suggests that in order to take language to a metaphysical level, it must be reduced to what?

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