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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through 1947-1948 (Zurich).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Brecht felt that for at least two generations, European drama had been passing though a period of _____.
(a) Experiment.
(b) Marxism.
(c) Poverty.
(d) Classicism.

2. Lehrstucke are Brecht's _____ works.
(a) Holistic.
(b) Didactic.
(c) Culinary.
(d) Historical.

3. Life of Galileo has the main character giving a boy a lesson on _____.
(a) The Bible.
(b) The solar system.
(c) Color theory.
(d) Didactics.

4. Elisabeth Begner and Rudolf Forster starred in Shaw's _____ in 1924.
(a) Major Barbara.
(b) Widowers' Houses.
(c) Man and Superman.
(d) Saint Joan.

5. What example does Brecht use to explain his concept of art following reality in "On Form and Subject Matter"?
(a) Sausage.
(b) French perfume.
(c) Petroleum spirits.
(d) Pine tree sap.

Short Answer Questions

1. Major form is designed to realize material for _____, according to Brecht.

2. What does Der Messingkauf mean in German?

3. When asked who Brecht wrote for in "Conversations with Bert Brecht", he said that he wrote for people who wanted to have fun and didn't hesitate to keep their _____ on in the theatre.

4. In reference to film, Brecht felt that the mechanization of literary production cannot be _____.

5. What signified a broad flow of popular musical elements into modern music?

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