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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. What did Brecht win in 1922 for Trommeln in der Nacht?
(a) An Oscar.
(b) The Kleist Prize.
(c) A Tony Award.
(d) The Nobel Prize.

2. What does Brecht say his poetry requires in "Conversations with Bert Brecht"?
(a) A complex lighting scheme.
(b) A microphone.
(c) Banjo or piano accompaniment.
(d) Many more revisions.

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

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

5. When asked who Brecht wrote for in "Conversations with Bert Brecht", he said that he wrote for people who wanted to have fun and didn't hesitate to keep their _____ on in the theatre.
(a) Hats.
(b) Boots.
(c) Glasses.
(d) Coats.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Brecht categorize opera?

2. What were the left-wing Socialists called in Brecht's time?

3. Who wrote the play, Konjunktur?

4. What is the Marxist phrase for the whole body of art, ideas, and morality of any given society?

5. In "Last Stage: Oedipus", Brecht says that the future of Germany's theatre is _____.

(see the answer key)

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