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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) Personal favorites.
(c) Theoretical works.
(d) Fact-finding notes.

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

3. How does Brecht say that the opera, the stage, and the press impose their views on the public?
(a) Cantankerously.
(b) Brandishingly.
(c) Incognito.
(d) Fortuitously.

4. Who created the lead role for Die Mutter?
(a) Elisabeth Hauptmann.
(b) Elisabeth Scherr.
(c) Anne Guttermann.
(d) Helene Weigel.

5. What is the name of Peter Lorre's character, the packer in Mann ist Mann?
(a) Gay Gay.
(b) Macheath.
(c) Ton Ton.
(d) Macbeth.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In "Shouldn't We Abolish Aesthetics?", Brecht hopes that _____ would be the death of their existing drama.

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

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

5. What is the name of the Mother in Die Mutter?

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