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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 were Brecht's Frankfurt publishers?
(a) Schoenhofs.
(b) Hartel-Verlag.
(c) Suhrkamp-Verlag.
(d) Breitkopf Hartel.

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

3. 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) Hats.
(b) Coats.
(c) Boots.
(d) Glasses.

4. Where was Theaterarbeit published?
(a) Munich.
(b) Frankfurt.
(c) Dresden.
(d) Copenhagen.

5. How did Brecht characterize Shaw's work in "A Catching Infection: Fun"?
(a) As extraordinarily healthy.
(b) As addictively engrossing.
(c) As ego-driven.
(d) As tediously pedantic.

Short Answer Questions

1. _____ is two volumes of collected plays published by Malik Verlag, London.

2. What does Brecht say was Wedekind's finest characteristic?

3. What were the left-wing Socialists called in Brecht's time?

4. Elisabeth Begner and Rudolf Forster starred in Shaw's _____ in 1924.

5. When was Theaterarbeit published?

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