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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. 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) "Poet."
(d) "Director."

2. In the preface, Artaud makes an analogy remarking that we (white Europeans) are unaware that to anyone else, we might be the ones who what?
(a) Are uncouth.
(b) Are barbaric.
(c) Smell bad.
(d) Have no taste.

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

4. In "Oriental and Occidental Theater," the author writes, "if we restrict theater to what happens between cues, we have still not managed to separate it from the idea of a ________."
(a) Empty performance.
(b) Poetic notion.
(c) Dramatic lie.
(d) Performed text.

5. Artaud suggests that in order to take language to a metaphysical level, it must be reduced to what?
(a) Singing.
(b) Speaking quietly.
(c) Incantation.
(d) Poetry.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In the Balinese theater, which figure becomes a "manager of magic" or master of "sacred ceremonies"?

3. 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?

4. Of whom does Artaud say, "has nothing to do with the theater and must give way to specialists in its objective and animated sorcery"?

5. What does the term "Occidental" mean?

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