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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, 1918-1932 (Augsburg, Munich, Berlin), Section 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who wrote Die Asthetschen Anschauungen Berthold Brechts?
(a) Helene Weigel.
(b) Werner Hecht.
(c) Helge Hultberg.
(d) Piscator.

2. Where was Die Asthetschen Anschauungen Berthold Brechts published?
(a) Moscow.
(b) Copenhagen.
(c) Frankfurt.
(d) Munich.

3. _____ is two volumes of collected plays published by Malik Verlag, London.
(a) Schriffen zum Theater.
(b) Theaterarbeit.
(c) Gesammelte Werke.
(d) Sonatas.

4. In "Shouldn't We Abolish Aesthetics?", Brecht hopes that _____ would be the death of their existing drama.
(a) The war.
(b) A lack of government funding.
(c) Sociology.
(d) Capitalism.

5. When was Theaterarbeit published?
(a) 1952.
(b) 1922.
(c) 1945.
(d) 1979.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Brecht characterize Shaw's work in "A Catching Infection: Fun"?

2. The translator's notes in number 37 give a provisional account of the most important of Brecht's _____.

3. Brecht states that "A theatre which makes no contact with the public is _____."

4. Who were Brecht's Frankfurt publishers?

5. Three years after Brecht's attack, the Augsberg theatre turned entirely over to _____.

(see the answer key)

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