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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through 1948-1956 (Berlin), Section 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does the word 'Spass' mean in German?
(a) Long.
(b) Classical.
(c) Free.
(d) Fun.

3. Which cartoonist contributed drawings for Schweik?
(a) Otto Nückel.
(b) Rötger Feldmann.
(c) David Füleki.
(d) Geor Grosz.

4. What does Brecht say put a stop to epic and didactic tendencies of theatre in Berlin?
(a) Fascism.
(b) Apathy.
(c) Capitalism.
(d) Communism.

5. How does Brecht say that the opera, the stage, and the press impose their views on the public?
(a) Incognito.
(b) Brandishingly.
(c) Cantankerously.
(d) Fortuitously.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Piscator's Threepenny Opera, the _____elements were built in.

2. The organization of this book is _____.

3. Who does Brecht mention in association with London theatre when he talks about the theatre centers of the world?

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

5. Brecht categorizes the ruling classes in Hamlet as _____.

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