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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. Woyzeck buys a _____ in order to do his wife in.
(a) Cheap knife.
(b) Pick axe.
(c) Pistol.
(d) Rifle.

2. What is the name of the Mother in Die Mutter?
(a) Elena.
(b) Misha.
(c) Helge.
(d) Vlassova.

3. Which aspect of epic theatre enlightened the spectator about facts unknown to him?
(a) The narrator.
(b) Choruses.
(c) Pre-show talks.
(d) Programs.

4. In "Shouldn't We Abolish Aesthetics?", Brecht hopes that _____ would be the death of their existing drama.
(a) Capitalism.
(b) The war.
(c) A lack of government funding.
(d) Sociology.

5. Life of Galileo starts with a man having his _____.
(a) Breakfast by himself.
(b) Dog walked.
(c) Morning wash.
(d) Hair cut.

Short Answer Questions

1. An artist from _____ made sketches for Laughton of Galileo.

2. Who was Brecht's longtime secretary and collaborator?

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

4. _____temperament in epic theatre is discouraged.

5. Where was the epic production of Mann ist Mann starring Peter Lorre performed?

(see the answer key)

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