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

2. Brecht states that a film's needing human interest is equivalent to saying that it has got to be _____.
(a) Successful
(b) Pious.
(c) Vulgar.
(d) Expensive.

3. _____ are Brecht's collected poems.
(a) Gedichte.
(b) Die Mutter.
(c) Theaterarbeit.
(d) Mittenzwei.

4. Die Mutter is based on whose novel, Mother?
(a) Gorki.
(b) Chaplin.
(c) Goedel.
(d) Penderecki.

5. What did Brecht win in 1922 for Trommeln in der Nacht?
(a) A Tony Award.
(b) The Nobel Prize.
(c) The Kleist Prize.
(d) An Oscar.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Brecht categorize opera?

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

3. Where dramatic theatre emphasizes plot, epic theatre emphasizes _____.

4. What is the name of the book that contains Walter Nubel Brecht's bibliography that lists Berthold Brecht's works?

5. What does Brecht call the new style of acting that happened as a result of the Threepenny Opera?

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