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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through 1933-1947 (Exile: Scandinavia, USA), Section 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Which aspect of epic theatre enlightened the spectator about facts unknown to him?
(a) The narrator.
(b) Choruses.
(c) Pre-show talks.
(d) Programs.

3. What does Brecht say was a characteristic of actors in theatre of his time?
(a) They were gods.
(b) They were panic-driven.
(c) They were money-driven.
(d) They were war mongers.

4. Who was in charge of Das Wort?
(a) Bredel.
(b) Brecht.
(c) Scher.
(d) Neher.

5. Brecht states that a film's needing human interest is equivalent to saying that it has got to be _____.
(a) Successful
(b) Vulgar.
(c) Pious.
(d) Expensive.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Theatre became an affair for _____ in light of the changes made by the ideals of epic theatre.

3. In "Last Stage: Oedipus", Brecht says that the future of Germany's theatre is _____.

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

5. Die Mutter is a piece of anti-metaphysical, materialistic, _____drama.

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