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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through 1918-1932 (Augsburg, Munich, Berlin), Section 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The translator's notes in number 37 give a provisional account of the most important of Brecht's _____.
(a) Personal favorites.
(b) Self-criticisms.
(c) Theoretical works.
(d) Fact-finding notes.

2. Elisabeth Begner and Rudolf Forster starred in Shaw's _____ in 1924.
(a) Man and Superman.
(b) Saint Joan.
(c) Widowers' Houses.
(d) Major Barbara.

3. Brecht's _____ on theater are not included in this book.
(a) Programming.
(b) Students' essays.
(c) Poems.
(d) Notes.

4. Who was Brecht's longtime secretary and collaborator?
(a) Alban Berg.
(b) Elisabeth Hauptmann.
(c) Martin Esslin.
(d) Helge Hultberg.

5. Who were Brecht's Frankfurt publishers?
(a) Suhrkamp-Verlag.
(b) Hartel-Verlag.
(c) Breitkopf Hartel.
(d) Schoenhofs.

Short Answer Questions

1. Brecht states that "A theatre which makes no contact with the public is _____."

2. Like Tolstoy and Strindberg, Brecht says that Wedekind was one of the greatest _____ of modern Europe.

3. Where was Theaterarbeit published?

4. Three years after Brecht's attack, the Augsberg theatre turned entirely over to _____.

5. With whom did Brecht collaborate on the Berlin production of his first play, Baal?

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