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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through 1947-1948 (Zurich).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The actor masters his character by paying critical attention to its _____.
(a) Mannerisms.
(b) Dialectic inflections.
(c) Manifold utterances.
(d) Patterns of speech.

2. Who does Brecht mention in association with Paris theatre when he talks about the theatre centers of the world?
(a) Jouvet.
(b) Jolivet.
(c) Renauld.
(d) Matisse.

3. In terms of aesthetics, Galileo spoke of the elegance of certain _____.
(a) Fundamentalist tendencies.
(b) Formulae.
(c) Subjects.
(d) External techniques.

4. How does Brecht categorize opera?
(a) As trashy.
(b) As holy.
(c) As culinary.
(d) As holistic.

5. Which work by Goethe was better as a book than a theatrical production, according to Brecht?
(a) Iphigenie auf Tauris.
(b) Der Zauberlehrling.
(c) Faust.
(d) Der Erlkönig.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Piscator go 'gloomily' off to to make films after he staged Section 218?

2. Who does Brecht mention in association with London theatre when he talks about the theatre centers of the world?

3. Life of Galileo has the main character giving a boy a lesson on _____.

4. What sort of approach does Brecht say the opera Mahagonny adopts?

5. In Life of Galileo, Richard Gloster courts _____.

(see the answer key)

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