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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through 1933-1947 (Exile: Scandinavia, USA), Section 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How does Brecht describe sport audiences?
(a) As square and lewd.
(b) As rich and snobbish.
(c) As boorish and thoughtless.
(d) As fair and shrewd.

3. Theatre became an affair for _____ in light of the changes made by the ideals of epic theatre.
(a) Children.
(b) Politicians.
(c) Philosophers.
(d) Ladies in big hats.

4. Film projections became an integral part of the _____ in epic theatre.
(a) Coercion.
(b) Plot.
(c) Setting.
(d) Propaganda.

5. When was Theaterarbeit published?
(a) 1952.
(b) 1979.
(c) 1922.
(d) 1945.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Brecht say was Wedekind's finest characteristic?

2. Who was the interviewer in "Conversations with Bert Brecht"?

3. Brecht states that knowledge is just _____.

4. In one of Brecht's examples of how projections were used, projections of warships being launched were running while two characters were fighting over _____.

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

(see the answer key)

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