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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where is the Schiffbauerdamm theatre located?
(a) Munich.
(b) Frankfurt.
(c) Dresden.
(d) Berlin.

3. What does Der Messingkauf mean in German?
(a) The Messy House.
(b) Buying Brass.
(c) Taking Chance.
(d) Twinkle Star.

4. Piscator's theater was characterized as the most _____ theatre.
(a) Demanding.
(b) Ordinary.
(c) Calculating.
(d) Radical.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Theaterarbeit published?

2. Who was in charge of Das Wort?

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

4. Where did the first production of Galileo take place?

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

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