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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. Who is the painter whom Artaud writes of in "Metaphysics and the Mise en Scene"?
(a) Pablo Picasso.
(b) Andres Michaeleas.
(c) Lucas van den Leyden.
(d) Hans Vernswarth.

2. In the Preface, Artaud writes, "If confusion is the sign of the times, I see at the root of this confusion a rupture between things and ____".
(a) Beauty.
(b) Life.
(c) Love.
(d) Words.

3. In "The Alchemical Theater," Artaud writes, "All true alchemists know that the alchemical symbol is a _____ as the theater is a ______.
(a) Art.
(b) Mirage.
(c) Smokescreen.
(d) Mirror.

4. In what town does Artaud tell the story of the plague being foreseen by the viceroy?
(a) Marseilles.
(b) Cagliari.
(c) Paris.
(d) Amsterdam.

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

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. Artaud writes that "the symbols of alchemy provide the spiritual means of decanting and transfusing matter and must have evoked the passionate and decisive transfusion of matter by ____."

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

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

5. What is the title of the painting which Artaud holds in great esteem in "Metaphysics and the Mise en Scene"?

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