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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through 1918-1932 (Augsburg, Munich, Berlin), Section 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the main task of epic theatre?
(a) To report.
(b) To exaggerate.
(c) To mask.
(d) To emote.

3. _____ essays in magazines have also been used for reference in this book.
(a) Posthumous.
(b) Propaganda.
(c) Communist.
(d) Pre-World War II.

4. Brecht states that concern with subject and concern with form are _____.
(a) Counter-productive.
(b) Mutually exclusive.
(c) Complementary.
(d) Contradictory.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Major form is designed to realize material for _____, according to Brecht.

2. Where was Die Asthetschen Anschauungen Berthold Brechts published?

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

4. In what year did Brecht die?

5. Brecht states that radical transformation of theatre can't be the result of some _____.

(see the answer key)

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