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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which work by Goethe was better as a book than a theatrical production, according to Brecht?
(a) Der Zauberlehrling.
(b) Faust.
(c) Iphigenie auf Tauris.
(d) Der Erlkönig.

2. _____ is fifteen volumes of Brecht's writings published by Kiepenheuer, Berlin.
(a) Verstehen.
(b) Kontakt.
(c) Arbeiten.
(d) Versuche.

3. What aspect of opera does Brecht think the public adores?
(a) Its truth.
(b) Its lavishness.
(c) Its music.
(d) Its backwardness.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Piscator go 'gloomily' off to to make films after he staged Section 218?

2. What does Brecht praise Georg Kaiser for?

3. Where was the epic production of Mann ist Mann starring Peter Lorre performed?

4. What did Brecht win in 1922 for Trommeln in der Nacht?

5. How did Brecht characterize Shaw's work in "A Catching Infection: Fun"?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Brecht feel about the role of singing in epic theatre?

2. How is the Flier's part in Der Flug der Lindberghs pedaegogical?

3. What did Brecht see as the role of Fate in film?

4. Why was the editor not allowed to reproduce all of Brecht's essays?

5. How does Brecht define a scapegoat and who incurs the wrath the most in theatre?

6. What does Brecht tell Mr. X about the eternal urge to see of a play?

7. What does Brecht say about the mediocrity of German theatre?

8. Why does Brecht write that there is nothing at all new about epic theater?

9. How does Brecht say that Capitalism operates?

10. What is the distinction between learning and amusing oneself in the theatre?

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