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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the Preface, Artaud contends we must "break through ________ in order to touch life to create or recreate the theater."
(a) Reason.
(b) Language.
(c) Performance.
(d) Order.

2. Artaud says that the actors of the Balinese theater appear to be as animated what?
(a) Hyroglyphs.
(b) Poems.
(c) Gods.
(d) Emotions.

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

4. Artaud suggests that "true theater" should not mirror human life but instead should evoke what?
(a) A world of artistic vision.
(b) Heaven and Hell.
(c) A world of the gods and goddesses of old.
(d) A reality where humans must have little influence or effect.

5. Artaud writes that true theater arises out of an organized what?
(a) Lie.
(b) Suspension of disbelief.
(c) Structure.
(d) Anarchy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who had a prophetic dream about a plague destroying his city?

2. In the Balinese theater, Artaud writes "The drama does not develop as a conflict of feelings but as a conflict of" what?

3. In Artaud's metaphor for the plague, where did the ship end up docking?

4. This is a perversion of theater to represent psychological and social conflicts and daily life, simply because the object of theater is not psychological but rather plastic and essentially what?

5. What is proposed by the author as meant to shake up the foundations of civilization and culture as a whole?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Artaud associate culture and art?

2. How does Artaud draw the comparison between the theater and a plague?

3. What did Saint-Remys do following his dream of the plague?

4. What good does the author assert comes from both plagues and theater?

5. What is the meaning behind the title of "The Theater and Its Double"?

6. How does the author describe the effects of a plague on civilization?

7. What is the "perversion" of the theater of the west, according to the author?

8. In what reference does Artaud comment on Plato in "The Alchemical Theater"?

9. What does Artaud write of change and civilization regarding the theater in "No More Masterpieces"?

10. What commonality does Artaud assert between Alchemy and the theater?

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