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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the main task of epic theatre?
(a) To emote.
(b) To report.
(c) To mask.
(d) To exaggerate.

2. Who was the best-known composer that Brecht worked with?
(a) Prokofiev.
(b) Berg.
(c) Casterede.
(d) Hindemith.

3. In reference to film, Brecht felt that the mechanization of literary production cannot be _____.
(a) Thrown into reverse.
(b) Anticipated.
(c) Detached.
(d) Thrown off a cliff.

4. What nationality of horsemen are depicted in Christ Carrying the Cross?
(a) Flemish.
(b) Turkish.
(c) Moorish.
(d) Spanish.

5. Woyzeck buys a _____ in order to do his wife in.
(a) Cheap knife.
(b) Rifle.
(c) Pistol.
(d) Pick axe.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. In what year did Brecht die?

4. Brecht felt that in the great American comedies, the human being is presented as _____.

5. What does Brecht praise Georg Kaiser for?

(see the answer key)

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