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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. When asked who Brecht wrote for in "Conversations with Bert Brecht", he said that he wrote for people who wanted to have fun and didn't hesitate to keep their _____ on in the theatre.
(a) Coats.
(b) Hats.
(c) Glasses.
(d) Boots.

2. Brecht calls realistic acting _____ acting.
(a) Window pane.
(b) Drugstore.
(c) Rabbit hole.
(d) Keyhole.

3. The actor masters his character by paying critical attention to its _____.
(a) Patterns of speech.
(b) Mannerisms.
(c) Manifold utterances.
(d) Dialectic inflections.

4. After the moral and material collapse of Germany, the country had a vague appetite for _____.
(a) Drama.
(b) Aleatoric elements.
(c) Classicism.
(d) Novelty.

5. Brecht states that the titles of In Life of Galileo must include the _____.
(a) Actor's names.
(b) Year of the setting.
(c) Ingredients for making soup.
(d) Social point.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Piscator go 'gloomily' off to to make films after he staged Section 218?

2. _____temperament in epic theatre is discouraged.

3. Speech of outstanding _____ is discouraged in epic theatre.

4. What needs to be alienated in epic theatre depends on the _____ demanded by the entire episode.

5. Who wrote the music for Mother Courage?

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