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

2. Who wrote the play, Konjunktur?
(a) Lania.
(b) Jessner.
(c) Kortner.
(d) Bronnen.

3. Brecht states that opera cannot be wished away and its _____ have an important social function.
(a) Emotions.
(b) Illusions.
(c) Truths.
(d) Morals.

4. What does Brecht say was a characteristic of actors in theatre of his time?
(a) They were war mongers.
(b) They were panic-driven.
(c) They were money-driven.
(d) They were gods.

5. Theaterarbeit is a collective volume of Brecht's work kept by _____.
(a) George Bernard Shaw.
(b) His granddaughter.
(c) His mother.
(d) The Berliner Ensemble.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Brecht praise Georg Kaiser for?

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

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

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

5. Brecht states that radical transformation of theatre can't be the result of some _____.

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