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

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

3. Artaud believes that in its current, Occidental interpretation, theater is limited to mimicking what through scripted dialogues?
(a) The magical.
(b) The transcendent.
(c) The supernatural.
(d) Daily life.

4. What is the name of the ship in Artaud's metaphor of the plague?
(a) Calgiari.
(b) Saint-Remys.
(c) Sardinia.
(d) Grand-Saint-Antoine.

5. Which filmmakers/performers does Artaud make reference to in "Metaphysics and Mise en Scene"?
(a) Lucy and Desi.
(b) Abbott and Costello.
(c) The Marx Brothers.
(d) Buster Keaton and Charlie Chaplin.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What two organs are the most affected and atrophied by the plague?

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

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

5. What does the author refer to having subjugated Plato?

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