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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. From the pseudo-classical German point of view, the first prison scene in the Threepenny Opera is a/an _____.
(a) Plot point.
(b) Diversion.
(c) Major event.
(d) Establishing scene.

2. Theatre became an affair for _____ in light of the changes made by the ideals of epic theatre.
(a) Politicians.
(b) Ladies in big hats.
(c) Philosophers.
(d) Children.

3. _____ with a character should be treated as just another method of observation in rehearsals.
(a) Tragedy.
(b) Extremism.
(c) Drama.
(d) Empathy.

4. In what year did Brecht die?
(a) 1946.
(b) 1976.
(c) 1956.
(d) 1939.

5. Where in Laughton's house did he and Brecht work in the morning?
(a) The library.
(b) The living room.
(c) The dining room.
(d) The kitchen.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Brecht say his poetry requires in "Conversations with Bert Brecht"?

2. The expressionism of the postwar period showed the World as Will and Idea and led to a special kind of _____.

3. Who starred in City Lights?

4. In "Last Stage: Oedipus", Brecht says that the future of Germany's theatre is _____.

5. Brecht states that knowledge is just _____.

(see the answer key)

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