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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. Brecht describes the Aristotelian play as essentially _____.
(a) Didactic.
(b) Pedantic.
(c) Dynamic.
(d) Static.

2. What is the Marxist phrase for the whole body of art, ideas, and morality of any given society?
(a) Brain circus.
(b) Social inherent tendencies.
(c) Cohesive collective thought.
(d) Ideological superstructure.

3. How does Brecht describe the confusion of styles present in European theatre in his time?
(a) As harmless.
(b) As Babylonian.
(c) As Epic.
(d) As sophisticated.

4. _____ is two volumes of collected plays published by Malik Verlag, London.
(a) Theaterarbeit.
(b) Sonatas.
(c) Schriffen zum Theater.
(d) Gesammelte Werke.

5. The pomp of _____ has a hollow gest.
(a) Fascists.
(b) Stalinists.
(c) Conformists.
(d) Leninists.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Brecht give an explanation of Ber Flug der Lindberghs in 1929?

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

3. _____ is a collection of Brecht's theoretical writings published by Surhkamp.

4. Brecht states that a film's needing human interest is equivalent to saying that it has got to be _____.

5. Who was Brecht's longtime secretary and collaborator?

(see the answer key)

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