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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through 1933-1947 (Exile: Scandinavia, USA), Section 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Three years after Brecht's attack, the Augsberg theatre turned entirely over to _____.
(a) The govenrment.
(b) Opera.
(c) The symphony.
(d) Magicians.

2. What is Brueghel's great war painting called?
(a) Dulle Griet.
(b) The Archangel Michael.
(c) The Conversion of Saul.
(d) The Fall of Icarus.

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

4. Which work by Goethe was better as a book than a theatrical production, according to Brecht?
(a) Der Zauberlehrling.
(b) Faust.
(c) Der Erlkönig.
(d) Iphigenie auf Tauris.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote the play Fruhlingserwachen that helped Peter Lorre make a name for himself?

2. What does Brecht say put a stop to epic and didactic tendencies of theatre in Berlin?

3. Who does Brecht mention in association with London theatre when he talks about the theatre centers of the world?

4. What sort of approach does Brecht say the opera Mahagonny adopts?

5. What is Brecht's chosen opposite of the queen in his analogy about nobility of characters?

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