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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through III. The Alchemical Theater.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Artaud writes of the comparison of theater to alchemy, "It is that alchemy and the theater are so to speak _____ arts, and do not carry their end--or their reality within themselves."
(a) Stagnant.
(b) Transcient.
(c) Virtual.
(d) Subliminal.

3. 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"?
(a) American theater.
(b) Occidental theater.
(c) African theater.
(d) Oriental theater.

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

5. Artaud suggests that in order to take language to a metaphysical level, it must be reduced to what?
(a) Singing.
(b) Poetry.
(c) Incantation.
(d) Speaking quietly.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the mise en scene composed of?

3. What is the title of the painting which Artaud holds in great esteem in "Metaphysics and the Mise en Scene"?

4. Artaud writes, "Compared with the murderer's fury which exhausts itself, that of the ______ remains enclosed within a perfect circle."

5. What does Artaud say serves as a copy, or double, of a life that does not exist?

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