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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. The actor masters his character by paying critical attention to its _____.
(a) Dialectic inflections.
(b) Mannerisms.
(c) Manifold utterances.
(d) Patterns of speech.

2. Boiling the story down to a half sheet of paper took place during _____.
(a) Checking rehearsals.
(b) Analysis of the play.
(c) Set rehearsal.
(d) Music rehearsals.

3. The main episodes were roughly and provisionally translated into movements during the _____.
(a) Opening rehearsal.
(b) Set rehearsal.
(c) Positioning rehearsal.
(d) Rehearsal of details.

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

5. Life of Galileo has the main character giving a boy a lesson on _____.
(a) The solar system.
(b) Color theory.
(c) Didactics.
(d) The Bible.

Short Answer Questions

1. What sort of approach does Brecht say the opera Mahagonny adopts?

2. Brecht states that art is no Land of _____.

3. Brecht describes the Aristotelian play as essentially _____.

4. Where did Helene Weigel give acting lessons at theatre school, possibly using Brecht's list of exercises?

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

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