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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through 1918-1932 (Augsburg, Munich, Berlin), Section 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what year did Brecht die?
(a) 1976.
(b) 1939.
(c) 1956.
(d) 1946.

2. How does Brecht say that the opera, the stage, and the press impose their views on the public?
(a) Fortuitously.
(b) Incognito.
(c) Cantankerously.
(d) Brandishingly.

3. _____ is a collection of Brecht's theoretical writings published by Surhkamp.
(a) Stucke.
(b) Versuche.
(c) Arbeitsbuch.
(d) Schriften zum Theater.

4. Elisabeth Begner and Rudolf Forster starred in Shaw's _____ in 1924.
(a) Major Barbara.
(b) Saint Joan.
(c) Widowers' Houses.
(d) Man and Superman.

5. What aspect of opera does Brecht think the public adores?
(a) Its backwardness.
(b) Its music.
(c) Its truth.
(d) Its lavishness.

Short Answer Questions

1. Brecht states that concern with subject and concern with form are _____.

2. Who wrote Die Asthetschen Anschauungen Berthold Brechts?

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

4. What did Brecht win in 1922 for Trommeln in der Nacht?

5. Brecht's _____ on theater are not included in this book.

(see the answer key)

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