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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. Which work by Goethe was better as a book than a theatrical production, according to Brecht?
(a) Iphigenie auf Tauris.
(b) Faust.
(c) Der Zauberlehrling.
(d) Der Erlkönig.

2. How does Brecht describe sport audiences?
(a) As boorish and thoughtless.
(b) As square and lewd.
(c) As fair and shrewd.
(d) As rich and snobbish.

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

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

5. Where did Brecht give an explanation of Ber Flug der Lindberghs in 1929?
(a) The Kleist Prize ceremony.
(b) The Hague.
(c) In London.
(d) The Baden-Baden music festival.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the interviewer in "Conversations with Bert Brecht"?

2. Brecht states in "On Form and Subject Matter" that difficulties are not mastered by _____.

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. What aspect of opera does Brecht think the public adores?

5. Who starred in City Lights?

(see the answer key)

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