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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where is the Schiffbauerdamm theatre located?
(a) Berlin.
(b) Dresden.
(c) Frankfurt.
(d) Munich.

3. How does Brecht say that the opera, the stage, and the press impose their views on the public?
(a) Cantankerously.
(b) Brandishingly.
(c) Incognito.
(d) Fortuitously.

4. Film projections became an integral part of the _____ in epic theatre.
(a) Coercion.
(b) Propaganda.
(c) Setting.
(d) Plot.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the best-known composer that Brecht worked with?

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

3. In Life of Galileo, the child's true mother is found by means of a _____.

4. In terms of aesthetics, Galileo spoke of the elegance of certain _____.

5. Brecht states that radical transformation of theatre can't be the result of some _____.

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