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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Piscator's Theater am Nollendorfplatz was based on _____ principles.
(a) Marxist.
(b) Capitalist.
(c) Communist.
(d) Aristotelian.

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 Rhineland winery.
(b) A woman.
(c) An Albanian oil field.
(d) A penny.

3. In terms of aesthetics, Galileo spoke of the elegance of certain _____.
(a) External techniques.
(b) Subjects.
(c) Formulae.
(d) Fundamentalist tendencies.

4. What does Brecht say put a stop to epic and didactic tendencies of theatre in Berlin?
(a) Apathy.
(b) Fascism.
(c) Communism.
(d) Capitalism.

5. Who wrote the play, Konjunktur?
(a) Lania.
(b) Jessner.
(c) Kortner.
(d) Bronnen.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where dramatic theatre emphasizes plot, epic theatre emphasizes _____.

2. Brecht describes the Aristotelian play as essentially _____.

3. Which work by Goethe was better as a book than a theatrical production, according to Brecht?

4. Lehrstucke are Brecht's _____ works.

5. What needs to be alienated in epic theatre depends on the _____ demanded by the entire episode.

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