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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. A mass of _____ to develop the character are carried out when it is introduced among other characters of the play.
(a) Interpretations.
(b) Operations.
(c) Assumptions.
(d) Digressions.

2. Which cartoonist contributed drawings for Schweik?
(a) David Füleki.
(b) Otto Nückel.
(c) Rötger Feldmann.
(d) Geor Grosz.

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

4. Brecht believed that one need never be frightened of putting bold and unaccustomed things before the _____.
(a) King.
(b) Intelligentsia.
(c) Proletariat.
(d) Bourgeois.

5. Where dramatic theatre emphasizes plot, epic theatre emphasizes _____.
(a) Narrative.
(b) Consequence.
(c) Dialogue.
(d) Setting.

Short Answer Questions

1. What example does Brecht use to explain his concept of art following reality in "On Form and Subject Matter"?

2. What nationality of horsemen are depicted in Christ Carrying the Cross?

3. What knowledge was Goethe interested in as a kind of hobby?

4. How is the dialogue divided in Der Messingkauf?

5. In Life of Galileo, the child's true mother is found by means of a _____.

(see the answer key)

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