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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Major form is designed to realize material for _____, according to Brecht.
(a) The masses.
(b) The times.
(c) The short run.
(d) Eternity.

2. Brecht states that the titles of In Life of Galileo must include the _____.
(a) Social point.
(b) Actor's names.
(c) Year of the setting.
(d) Ingredients for making soup.

3. Lehrstucke are Brecht's _____ works.
(a) Didactic.
(b) Holistic.
(c) Historical.
(d) Culinary.

4. The actor masters his character by paying critical attention to its _____.
(a) Patterns of speech.
(b) Manifold utterances.
(c) Dialectic inflections.
(d) Mannerisms.

5. The actor first masters his character by mastering the _____.
(a) Gest.
(b) Lines.
(c) Story.
(d) Stage.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. In Life of Galileo, Richard Gloster courts _____.

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

5. What sort of approach does Brecht say the opera Mahagonny adopts?

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