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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. What aspect of opera does Brecht think the public adores?
(a) Its music.
(b) Its backwardness.
(c) Its truth.
(d) Its lavishness.

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

3. Die Mutter is a piece of anti-metaphysical, materialistic, _____drama.
(a) Medieval.
(b) Neo-classical.
(c) Non-aristotelian.
(d) Contradictory.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Like Tolstoy and Strindberg, Brecht says that Wedekind was one of the greatest _____ of modern Europe.

2. Who wrote the Beggar's Opera?

3. Elisabeth Begner and Rudolf Forster starred in Shaw's _____ in 1924.

4. With whom did Brecht collaborate on the Berlin production of his first play, Baal?

5. Brecht felt that in the great American comedies, the human being is presented as _____.

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