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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who had a prophetic dream about a plague destroying his city?
(a) Lord Bastillion.
(b) Saint-Remys.
(c) Artaud.
(d) DuPlace.

2. In Artaud's metaphor for the plague, where did the ship end up docking?
(a) Marseilles.
(b) Paris.
(c) Sicily.
(d) Rome.

3. Artaud contends that the separation of life and theater, where the latter is but a mirror image of the former, is inherently what?
(a) Complete.
(b) True.
(c) False.
(d) Poetic.

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

5. 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) Unwilling.
(b) Afraid.
(c) Justified.
(d) Incapable.

6. In what year was the original Le Theatre et son Double published?
(a) 1938.
(b) 1920.
(c) 1919.
(d) 1945.

7. Artaud believes that in its current, Occidental interpretation, theater is limited to mimicking what through scripted dialogues?
(a) Daily life.
(b) The transcendent.
(c) The supernatural.
(d) The magical.

8. 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) Words.
(b) Life.
(c) Love.
(d) Beauty.

9. What form of the virus resulted in the deaths of more people than the previous plague?
(a) American.
(b) Australian.
(c) African.
(d) Oriental.

10. In the Balinese theater, Artaud writes "The drama does not develop as a conflict of feelings but as a conflict of" what?
(a) Spiritual states.
(b) Psychological responses.
(c) God-like entities.
(d) Gutteral reactions.

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

12. 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?
(a) Rioutet.
(b) L'amour.
(c) Jouissis.
(d) Esprit.

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

14. Where was the ship from that came to dock on the island of Artaud's metaphor?
(a) Africa.
(b) Istanbul.
(c) Egypt.
(d) Beirut.

15. Artaud says that the reason the public is not interested in "higher" art and in theater in particular, is because people do not react to what?
(a) Musical contribution.
(b) True gesture.
(c) Poetry.
(d) Old language and forms of expression.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which filmmakers/performers does Artaud make reference to in "Metaphysics and Mise en Scene"?

2. Artaud compares totemism to what in the Preface?

3. In what town does Artaud tell the story of the plague being foreseen by the viceroy?

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

5. Artaud says that the actors of the Balinese theater appear to be as animated what?

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