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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through 1933-1947 (Exile: Scandinavia, USA), Section 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Brecht's first book of poems contained songs and _____.
(a) Haiku.
(b) Ballads.
(c) Limericks.
(d) Sonnets.

2. What is the Marxist phrase for the whole body of art, ideas, and morality of any given society?
(a) Brain circus.
(b) Social inherent tendencies.
(c) Ideological superstructure.
(d) Cohesive collective thought.

3. What aspect of opera does Brecht think the public adores?
(a) Its lavishness.
(b) Its music.
(c) Its backwardness.
(d) Its truth.

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

5. Brecht says actors should act for an audience of _____.
(a) The classical era.
(b) Diplomats.
(c) One.
(d) The scientific age.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Brecht describe sport audiences?

2. Which cartoonist contributed drawings for Schweik?

3. Who wrote the play, Konjunktur?

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

5. What signified a broad flow of popular musical elements into modern music?

(see the answer key)

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