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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) Piscator.
(b) Werner Hecht.
(c) Helene Weigel.
(d) Helge Hultberg.

2. With whom did Brecht collaborate on the Berlin production of his first play, Baal?
(a) Homolka.
(b) Piscator.
(c) Shaw.
(d) Wedekind.

3. What is the name of the book that contains Walter Nubel Brecht's bibliography that lists Berthold Brecht's works?
(a) Bloch und Fahber.
(b) Zwei und Zwanzig Arbeiten.
(c) Sinn und Form.
(d) Zinn und Arbeit.

4. The translator's notes in number 37 give a provisional account of the most important of Brecht's _____.
(a) Personal favorites.
(b) Theoretical works.
(c) Self-criticisms.
(d) Fact-finding notes.

5. Brecht's _____ on theater are not included in this book.
(a) Notes.
(b) Students' essays.
(c) Poems.
(d) Programming.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which two essays in the book are from the Brecht Archive, which were the only ones the editor of this book allowed to reproduce?

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

3. Who was Brecht's longtime secretary and collaborator?

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

5. In what year did Brecht die?

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