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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 example does Brecht use to explain his concept of art following reality in "On Form and Subject Matter"?
(a) Pine tree sap.
(b) Petroleum spirits.
(c) French perfume.
(d) Sausage.

2. Brecht states that knowledge is just _____.
(a) A vapor.
(b) A curse.
(c) Propaganda.
(d) A commodity.

3. What sort of approach does Brecht say the opera Mahagonny adopts?
(a) A communal approach.
(b) A hedonistic approach.
(c) A pedantic approach.
(d) A didactic approach.

4. In "Shouldn't We Abolish Aesthetics?", Brecht hopes that _____ would be the death of their existing drama.
(a) Sociology.
(b) A lack of government funding.
(c) Capitalism.
(d) The war.

5. Brecht states that opera cannot be wished away and its _____ have an important social function.
(a) Illusions.
(b) Truths.
(c) Emotions.
(d) Morals.

Short Answer Questions

1. Piscator's Theater am Nollendorfplatz was based on _____ principles.

2. What is the name of the Mother in Die Mutter?

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

4. Which two essays in the book are from the Brecht Archive, which were the only ones the editor of this book allowed to reproduce?

5. Who starred in City Lights?

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