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

2. Who wrote the play, Konjunktur?
(a) Jessner.
(b) Kortner.
(c) Lania.
(d) Bronnen.

3. In what year did Brecht die?
(a) 1939.
(b) 1956.
(c) 1976.
(d) 1946.

4. Which two essays in the book are from the Brecht Archive, which were the only ones the editor of this book allowed to reproduce?
(a) The two listed under number 97.
(b) Zunn und Arbeit.
(c) Dunkel und Deutsche,
(d) The two listed under number 32.

5. Three years after Brecht's attack, the Augsberg theatre turned entirely over to _____.
(a) The govenrment.
(b) Opera.
(c) Magicians.
(d) The symphony.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Die Mutter is a piece of anti-metaphysical, materialistic, _____drama.

4. _____ are Brecht's collected plays in twelve volumes by Surhkamp and by Aufbau from 1953 and after.

5. Who wrote the play Fruhlingserwachen that helped Peter Lorre make a name for himself?

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