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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through II. Metaphysics and the Mise en Scène.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Artaud claims that while Occidental theater is focused on the psychological, Oriental theater focuses on what?
(a) The realistic.
(b) The metaphysical.
(c) The spiritual.
(d) The music.

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

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

4. Artaud writes, "it is the _______ that is the theater much more than the written and spoken play."
(a) Actor.
(b) Performance.
(c) Director.
(d) Mise en scene.

5. Who is the painter whom Artaud writes of in "Metaphysics and the Mise en Scene"?
(a) Andres Michaeleas.
(b) Hans Vernswarth.
(c) Lucas van den Leyden.
(d) Pablo Picasso.

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. Where is the painting Artaud speaks of in "Metaphysics and the Mise en Scene"?

3. What animal does the author say has a mysterious affinity with the plague?

4. In his Preface, Artaud writes that "It is right that from time to time cataclysms occur which compel us to return to" what?

5. Artaud comments that anything obsessive may be considered what?

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