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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. Brecht's _____ on theater are not included in this book.
(a) Students' essays.
(b) Poems.
(c) Programming.
(d) Notes.

2. What does Brecht call people who came to the theatre to get their cockles warmed in "Conversations with Bert Brecht"?
(a) Vegetation.
(b) Nobility.
(c) Pot ash.
(d) Scum.

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

4. Which aspect of epic theatre showed a montage of events all over the world?
(a) Projections.
(b) Films.
(c) Paintings.
(d) Collages.

5. Who starred in City Lights?
(a) Peter Lorre.
(b) John Huston.
(c) Errol Flynn.
(d) Charlie Chaplin.

Short Answer Questions

1. Brecht describes the Aristotelian play as essentially _____.

2. Theatre became an affair for _____ in light of the changes made by the ideals of epic theatre.

3. Who was the best-known composer that Brecht worked with?

4. Brecht states in "On Form and Subject Matter" that difficulties are not mastered by _____.

5. Die Mutter is based on whose novel, Mother?

(see the answer key)

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