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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through 1933-1947 (Exile: Scandinavia, USA), Section 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Brecht say his poetry requires in "Conversations with Bert Brecht"?
(a) A microphone.
(b) A complex lighting scheme.
(c) Banjo or piano accompaniment.
(d) Many more revisions.

2. Who starred in City Lights?
(a) Peter Lorre.
(b) Charlie Chaplin.
(c) Errol Flynn.
(d) John Huston.

3. The goal of epic theatre is less to moralize than to _____.
(a) Eviscerate.
(b) Elicit.
(c) Contradict.
(d) Observe.

4. _____ is two volumes of collected plays published by Malik Verlag, London.
(a) Gesammelte Werke.
(b) Theaterarbeit.
(c) Sonatas.
(d) Schriffen zum Theater.

5. Brecht states that radical transformation of theatre can't be the result of some _____.
(a) Intuition.
(b) Recommendation.
(c) Second thought.
(d) Artistic whim.

Short Answer Questions

1. _____ essays in magazines have also been used for reference in this book.

2. How does Brecht say that the opera, the stage, and the press impose their views on the public?

3. In what year did Brecht die?

4. Brecht states that knowledge is just _____.

5. What is the name of Peter Lorre's character, the packer in Mann ist Mann?

(see the answer key)

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