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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

2. How does Brecht categorize opera?
(a) As holistic.
(b) As holy.
(c) As trashy.
(d) As culinary.

3. A mass of _____ to develop the character are carried out when it is introduced among other characters of the play.
(a) Digressions.
(b) Interpretations.
(c) Operations.
(d) Assumptions.

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

5. In "Last Stage: Oedipus", Brecht says that the future of Germany's theatre is _____.
(a) Non-existent.
(b) Religious.
(c) Tragic.
(d) Philosophical.

Short Answer Questions

1. God had a bet with the devil for _____.

2. Piscator's Theater am Nollendorfplatz was based on _____ principles.

3. What does Brecht say put a stop to epic and didactic tendencies of theatre in Berlin?

4. Brecht says actors should act for an audience of _____.

5. Which aspect of epic theatre showed a montage of events all over the world?

(see the answer key)

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