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

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

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

4. Where dramatic theatre emphasizes plot, epic theatre emphasizes _____.
(a) Setting.
(b) Narrative.
(c) Consequence.
(d) Dialogue.

5. Brecht states that radical transformation of theatre can't be the result of some _____.
(a) Recommendation.
(b) Artistic whim.
(c) Intuition.
(d) Second thought.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote the Beggar's Opera?

2. How does Brecht describe sport audiences?

3. Where was The Road to Life made?

4. Three years after Brecht's attack, the Augsberg theatre turned entirely over to _____.

5. What does Brecht say was a characteristic of actors in theatre of his time?

(see the answer key)

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