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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through V. Oriental and Occidental Theater.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where does Artaud say "there is no art: things are made for use."
(a) Asia.
(b) Mexico.
(c) Africa.
(d) America.

3. In order to put theater back on its original path, it will be necessary to link it with everything that can exist as an ______ on a stage.
(a) Entertainment.
(b) Action.
(c) Expression.
(d) Emotion.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. 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 ____."

2. Artaud suggests that "true theater" should not mirror human life but instead should evoke what?

3. In Balinese theater, voice and speech are given an entirely new role, in part because the power of the director, or __________ of a play is absolute.

4. Artaud writes that true theater arises out of an organized what?

5. In the Balinese theater, all sounds are linked to what?

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