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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. What color are the canvases in Neher's Antigone?
(a) Ox blood.
(b) Flax.
(c) Ocean blue.
(d) Sage.

2. God had a bet with the devil for _____.
(a) A pot of gold.
(b) Dr. Faustus's soul.
(c) The rights to heaven.
(d) A penny.

3. The sight of the _____behind a completely empty stage creates the illusion of a flat landscape with a huge sky.
(a) Cyclorama.
(b) Diorama.
(c) Projetions.
(d) Films.

4. Who puts himself at the Philosopher's disposal in Der Messingkauf?
(a) The Actor.
(b) The Electrician.
(c) The Dramaturg.
(d) The Actress.

5. What does Brecht call the new style of acting that happened as a result of the Threepenny Opera?
(a) Baconian.
(b) Neo-Shakespearean.
(c) Emotive.
(d) The epic style.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote the play, Konjunktur?

2. _____ with a character should be treated as just another method of observation in rehearsals.

3. What does Brecht say put a stop to epic and didactic tendencies of theatre in Berlin?

4. In Life of Galileo, Richard Gloster courts _____.

5. How does Brecht say that the opera, the stage, and the press impose their views on the public?

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