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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 in "On Form and Subject Matter" that difficulties are not mastered by _____.
(a) Practice alone.
(b) Throwing oneself against a brick wall.
(c) Denying them.
(d) Keeping silent about them.

2. Which aspect of epic theatre showed a montage of events all over the world?
(a) Paintings.
(b) Collages.
(c) Films.
(d) Projections.

3. Who does Brecht mention in association with London theatre when he talks about the theatre centers of the world?
(a) Cochran.
(b) Michaels.
(c) Stanfield.
(d) Lorre.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does Brecht categorize opera?

3. In one of Brecht's examples of how projections were used, projections of warships being launched were running while two characters were fighting over _____.

4. Film projections became an integral part of the _____ in epic theatre.

5. Brecht states that the titles of In Life of Galileo must include the _____.

(see the answer key)

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