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

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

3. On what island does Artaud's metaphor of the plague take place?
(a) Greenland.
(b) Indonesia.
(c) Monte Blanc.
(d) Sardinia.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the mise en scene composed of?

2. What is the name of the ship in Artaud's metaphor of the plague?

3. Artaud writes in the Preface that "A civilized man judges and is judged according to his" what?

4. What "theater is based upon age-old traditions which have preserved intact the secrets of using gestures, intonations, and harmonies in relation to the senses"?

5. What was the year of the plague of which Artaud tells in "Theater and the Plague"?

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