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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through 1947-1948 (Zurich).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Brecht mention in association with Paris theatre when he talks about the theatre centers of the world?
(a) Jouvet.
(b) Jolivet.
(c) Renauld.
(d) Matisse.

2. _____ are Brecht's collected poems.
(a) Theaterarbeit.
(b) Mittenzwei.
(c) Die Mutter.
(d) Gedichte.

3. Piscator's theater was characterized as the most _____ theatre.
(a) Demanding.
(b) Radical.
(c) Ordinary.
(d) Calculating.

4. How does Brecht characterize the bourgeois theatre that conjures up illusions about life?
(a) Brilliantine.
(b) Relentless.
(c) Parasitic.
(d) Byzantine.

5. Who was the interviewer in "Conversations with Bert Brecht"?
(a) Helen Weigel.
(b) Samuel Bernadin.
(c) Bernard Guillemin.
(d) Rheinhold Grimm.

Short Answer Questions

1. In one of Brecht's examples of how projections were used, projections of warships being launched were running while two characters were fighting over _____.

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

3. Who starred in City Lights?

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

5. Who created the lead role for Die Mutter?

(see the answer key)

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