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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through In Memoriam: Antonin Artaud By Maurice Saillet.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In his last letter from "Letters on Language," Artaud says that in fact, the theater he is defining has to assume another _____ in order to function.
(a) Theme.
(b) Meaning.
(c) Definition.
(d) Civilization.

3. What is the title of the second note Artaud writes in "Two Notes"?
(a) "Autour D'une Mère."
(b) "Monkey Business."
(c) "Thoughts on Film."
(d) "Animal Crackers."

4. 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) Emotion.
(b) Expression.
(c) Entertainment.
(d) Action.

5. In what year were the letters dated from "Letters on Cruelty"?
(a) 1938.
(b) 1941.
(c) 1911.
(d) 1932.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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 ____".

2. Saillet writes in "In Memoriam," "In 1923 [Artaud] showed someone he knew to be interested in new forms of expression a slender notebook of poems-all or almost all in praise of _____."

3. Artaud compares totemism to what in the Preface?

4. Alchemy uses what to reflect physical operations at a spiritual level?

5. To what does Artaud compare the ability of the theater's "magical means of art and speech to be exercised organically and altogether"?

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