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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through 1918-1932 (Augsburg, Munich, Berlin), Section 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the Marxist phrase for the whole body of art, ideas, and morality of any given society?
(a) Cohesive collective thought.
(b) Social inherent tendencies.
(c) Ideological superstructure.
(d) Brain circus.

3. _____ are Brecht's collected plays in twelve volumes by Surhkamp and by Aufbau from 1953 and after.
(a) Epischen Theater.
(b) Stucke.
(c) Achtwerke.
(d) Achtarbeiten.

4. What were the left-wing Socialists called in Brecht's time?
(a) The NKVD.
(b) The USPD.
(c) The Collective.
(d) The Strong Arm Society.

5. Theaterarbeit is a collective volume of Brecht's work kept by _____.
(a) His mother.
(b) George Bernard Shaw.
(c) The Berliner Ensemble.
(d) His granddaughter.

Short Answer Questions

1. Brecht states that a film's needing human interest is equivalent to saying that it has got to be _____.

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

3. When was Theaterarbeit published?

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

5. What aspect of opera does Brecht think the public adores?

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