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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. Who wrote the music for Mother Courage?
(a) Dessau.
(b) Hindemith.
(c) Glucke.
(d) Weill.

2. Brecht states that radical transformation of theatre can't be the result of some _____.
(a) Intuition.
(b) Artistic whim.
(c) Second thought.
(d) Recommendation.

3. In "Last Stage: Oedipus", Brecht says that the future of Germany's theatre is _____.
(a) Religious.
(b) Non-existent.
(c) Philosophical.
(d) Tragic.

4. Why was Antigone picked up for production?
(a) Its sense of drama.
(b) Its timely subject matter.
(c) Its sets.
(d) Its characterization.

5. The poet's words in epic theatre are only sacred so far as they are _____.
(a) Defined.
(b) Pious.
(c) True.
(d) Loud.

Short Answer Questions

1. Theaterarbeit is a collective volume of Brecht's work kept by _____.

2. _____ are Brecht's collected poems.

3. Where is the Schiffbauerdamm theatre located?

4. After the moral and material collapse of Germany, the country had a vague appetite for _____.

5. What knowledge was Goethe interested in as a kind of hobby?

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