Brecht on Theatre: The Development of an Aesthetic Quiz | Eight Week Quiz E

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Brecht on Theatre: The Development of an Aesthetic Quiz | Eight Week Quiz E

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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through 1933-1947 (Exile: Scandinavia, USA), Section 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Theaterarbeit is a collective volume of Brecht's work kept by _____.
(a) George Bernard Shaw.
(b) His granddaughter.
(c) His mother.
(d) The Berliner Ensemble.

2. Who jeered at Galileo in the play of the same name?
(a) His siblings.
(b) The monks of the Collegium Romanum.
(c) The nuns of Gloucester.
(d) His rivals.

3. Brecht felt that in the great American comedies, the human being is presented as _____.
(a) An oracle.
(b) An object.
(c) An animal.
(d) A tyrant.

4. From the pseudo-classical German point of view, the first prison scene in the Threepenny Opera is a/an _____.
(a) Diversion.
(b) Establishing scene.
(c) Major event.
(d) Plot point.

5. Piscator's Theater am Nollendorfplatz was based on _____ principles.
(a) Marxist.
(b) Capitalist.
(c) Communist.
(d) Aristotelian.

Short Answer Questions

1. The attitude of chasing away a fly is _____.

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

3. Where was The Road to Life made?

4. Brecht states that opera cannot be wished away and its _____ have an important social function.

5. In what year did Brecht die?

(see the answer key)

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