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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. A masterly use of _____ can be seen in Chinese acting.
(a) Costumes.
(b) Gesture.
(c) Ridicule.
(d) Marxism.

2. The American stage was said by Brecht to shun _____.
(a) Speeches.
(b) Emotionalizing.
(c) Acting.
(d) Music.

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

4. Brecht states that knowledge is just _____.
(a) Propaganda.
(b) A commodity.
(c) A vapor.
(d) A curse.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote the play, Konjunktur?

2. How does Brecht say that the opera, the stage, and the press impose their views on the public?

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

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

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

(see the answer key)

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