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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. Where is the Schiffbauerdamm theatre located?
(a) Munich.
(b) Dresden.
(c) Frankfurt.
(d) Berlin.

2. What did Brecht win in 1922 for Trommeln in der Nacht?
(a) An Oscar.
(b) The Kleist Prize.
(c) The Nobel Prize.
(d) A Tony Award.

3. In Life of Galileo, the child's true mother is found by means of a _____.
(a) Chalk circle.
(b) Seance.
(c) Native totem.
(d) Ouija board.

4. In what year did Brecht die?
(a) 1946.
(b) 1956.
(c) 1976.
(d) 1939.

5. Who wrote the play Fruhlingserwachen that helped Peter Lorre make a name for himself?
(a) Korres.
(b) Wedekind.
(c) Shaw.
(d) Brecht.

Short Answer Questions

1. The criteria of the popular and the realistic need to be chosen with great care and _____.

2. Where dramatic theatre emphasizes plot, epic theatre emphasizes _____.

3. What does Brecht praise Georg Kaiser for?

4. Brecht states that concern with subject and concern with form are _____.

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

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