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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. When was Theaterarbeit published?
(a) 1952.
(b) 1945.
(c) 1979.
(d) 1922.

2. _____ is two volumes of collected plays published by Malik Verlag, London.
(a) Theaterarbeit.
(b) Gesammelte Werke.
(c) Sonatas.
(d) Schriffen zum Theater.

3. _____ are Brecht's collected poems.
(a) Mittenzwei.
(b) Theaterarbeit.
(c) Die Mutter.
(d) Gedichte.

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

5. Which two essays in the book are from the Brecht Archive, which were the only ones the editor of this book allowed to reproduce?
(a) Dunkel und Deutsche,
(b) The two listed under number 32.
(c) Zunn und Arbeit.
(d) The two listed under number 97.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Brecht call people who came to the theatre to get their cockles warmed in "Conversations with Bert Brecht"?

3. What is the main task of epic theatre?

4. Who was Brecht's longtime secretary and collaborator?

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

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