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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What knowledge was Goethe interested in as a kind of hobby?
(a) Astrology.
(b) Ancient history.
(c) Asronomy.
(d) Natural history.

3. In Life of Galileo, the child's true mother is found by means of a _____.
(a) Chalk circle.
(b) Ouija board.
(c) Native totem.
(d) Seance.

4. Brecht states that radical transformation of theatre can't be the result of some _____.
(a) Recommendation.
(b) Second thought.
(c) Intuition.
(d) Artistic whim.

5. Where dramatic theatre emphasizes plot, epic theatre emphasizes _____.
(a) Setting.
(b) Dialogue.
(c) Consequence.
(d) Narrative.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Which aspect of epic theatre enlightened the spectator about facts unknown to him?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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