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

2. What signified a broad flow of popular musical elements into modern music?
(a) Blues.
(b) Jazz.
(c) Avant-garde.
(d) New Age.

3. Lehrstucke are Brecht's _____ works.
(a) Didactic.
(b) Culinary.
(c) Historical.
(d) Holistic.

4. Where was Das Wort published?
(a) Paris.
(b) London.
(c) Berlin.
(d) Moscow.

5. In reference to film, Brecht felt that the mechanization of literary production cannot be _____.
(a) Thrown off a cliff.
(b) Anticipated.
(c) Thrown into reverse.
(d) Detached.

Short Answer Questions

1. Brecht states that the titles of In Life of Galileo must include the _____.

2. In one of Brecht's examples of how projections were used, projections of warships being launched were running while two characters were fighting over _____.

3. _____ is a lament to man's failure to understand the laws governing his life in society.

4. _____ are Brecht's collected poems.

5. The pomp of _____ has a hollow gest.

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