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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who wrote the Beggar's Opera?
(a) Gorki.
(b) Milhaud.
(c) Mattheson.
(d) Gray.

2. In one of Brecht's examples of how projections were used, projections of warships being launched were running while two characters were fighting over _____.
(a) A penny.
(b) A Rhineland winery.
(c) An Albanian oil field.
(d) A woman.

3. How does Brecht describe sport audiences?
(a) As square and lewd.
(b) As fair and shrewd.
(c) As boorish and thoughtless.
(d) As rich and snobbish.

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

5. What does Brecht say was a characteristic of actors in theatre of his time?
(a) They were gods.
(b) They were war mongers.
(c) They were money-driven.
(d) They were panic-driven.

6. When was Theaterarbeit published?
(a) 1945.
(b) 1979.
(c) 1922.
(d) 1952.

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

8. Which aspect of epic theatre enlightened the spectator about facts unknown to him?
(a) Programs.
(b) Pre-show talks.
(c) Choruses.
(d) The narrator.

9. 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.

10. What does the word 'Spass' mean in German?
(a) Free.
(b) Long.
(c) Classical.
(d) Fun.

11. Where was the epic production of Mann ist Mann starring Peter Lorre performed?
(a) Staatstheater.
(b) Stratford-uopn-Avon.
(c) Augsberg.
(d) The Louvre.

12. With whom did Brecht collaborate on the Berlin production of his first play, Baal?
(a) Homolka.
(b) Shaw.
(c) Wedekind.
(d) Piscator.

13. Brecht states that concern with subject and concern with form are _____.
(a) Complementary.
(b) Mutually exclusive.
(c) Counter-productive.
(d) Contradictory.

14. What is the name of the Mother in Die Mutter?
(a) Elena.
(b) Misha.
(c) Helge.
(d) Vlassova.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Brecht call the new style of acting that happened as a result of the Threepenny Opera?

3. Brecht states that "A theatre which makes no contact with the public is _____."

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

5. Which cartoonist contributed drawings for Schweik?

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