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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. Of what does Artaud say needs not to change before theater is renewed, but the reverse is true?
(a) Civilization.
(b) Art.
(c) Religion.
(d) Truth.

2. Artaud writes that Occidental theater is a theater of what?
(a) Dialogue.
(b) Ritual.
(c) Imagery.
(d) Poetics.

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

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

5. Artaud writes in the Preface that "A civilized man judges and is judged according to his" what?
(a) Thoughts.
(b) Poetry.
(c) Letters.
(d) Behavior.

Short Answer Questions

1. The author of Occidental theater is replaced by what in Balinese theater?

2. 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?

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

4. Artaud claims that while Occidental theater is focused on the psychological, Oriental theater focuses on what?

5. In the Preface, Artaud contends we must "break through ________ in order to touch life to create or recreate the theater."

Short Essay Questions

1. What must occur for the theater to be restored, according to the author?

2. What replaces the playwright in the Balinese Theater? How is this figure described?

3. What does Artaud write of civilization and culture in his Preface?

4. What painting does Artaud describe in "Metaphysics and the Mise en Scene"?

5. What does the author claim is the reasoning behind why the public is turning away from the "higher" arts in "No More Masterpieces"?

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

7. What are the author's feelings about psychology and the theater? What of poetry?

8. In "Oriental and Occidental Theater," how does Artaud describe the downfall of the West?

9. What is the principle limitation of the current theater, as described by the author in "Metaphysics and the Mise en Scene"?

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

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