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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through 1948-1956 (Berlin), Section 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who wrote the play Fruhlingserwachen that helped Peter Lorre make a name for himself?
(a) Shaw.
(b) Korres.
(c) Brecht.
(d) Wedekind.

2. The historical conditions of a play must not be imagined as _____.
(a) Destitute.
(b) Having passed.
(c) Mysterious powers.
(d) Contrary to modern times.

3. Brecht felt that for at least two generations, European drama had been passing though a period of _____.
(a) Marxism.
(b) Classicism.
(c) Poverty.
(d) Experiment.

4. How does Brecht categorize opera?
(a) As holy.
(b) As culinary.
(c) As holistic.
(d) As trashy.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Brecht believed that one need never be frightened of putting bold and unaccustomed things before the _____.

3. What did Brecht win in 1922 for Trommeln in der Nacht?

4. Literary works cannot be taken over like _____.

5. Lehrstucke are Brecht's _____ works.

(see the answer key)

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