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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Brecht characterize Shaw's work in "A Catching Infection: Fun"?
(a) As addictively engrossing.
(b) As tediously pedantic.
(c) As extraordinarily healthy.
(d) As ego-driven.

2. Brecht categorizes the ruling classes in Hamlet as _____.
(a) Criminal.
(b) Drug-riddled.
(c) Benevolent.
(d) Hard-working.

3. Where was Das Wort published?
(a) Paris.
(b) Berlin.
(c) Moscow.
(d) London.

4. The pomp of _____ has a hollow gest.
(a) Conformists.
(b) Stalinists.
(c) Leninists.
(d) Fascists.

5. Brecht states in "On Form and Subject Matter" that difficulties are not mastered by _____.
(a) Throwing oneself against a brick wall.
(b) Denying them.
(c) Practice alone.
(d) Keeping silent about them.

Short Answer Questions

1. The attitude of chasing away a fly is _____.

2. The historical conditions of a play must not be imagined as _____.

3. The actor masters his character by paying critical attention to its _____.

4. The translator's notes in number 37 give a provisional account of the most important of Brecht's _____.

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

(see the answer key)

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