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

2. The expressionism of the postwar period showed the World as Will and Idea and led to a special kind of _____.
(a) Monopolism.
(b) Caricature.
(c) Regression.
(d) Solopsism.

3. Where did Piscator go 'gloomily' off to to make films after he staged Section 218?
(a) Moscow.
(b) Paris.
(c) Hollywood.
(d) London.

4. Where did Helene Weigel give acting lessons at theatre school, possibly using Brecht's list of exercises?
(a) Scotland.
(b) Finland.
(c) Moscow.
(d) Paris.

5. When asked who Brecht wrote for in "Conversations with Bert Brecht", he said that he wrote for people who wanted to have fun and didn't hesitate to keep their _____ on in the theatre.
(a) Boots.
(b) Coats.
(c) Glasses.
(d) Hats.

Short Answer Questions

1. With whom did Brecht collaborate on the Berlin production of his first play, Baal?

2. What does Brecht say was Wedekind's finest characteristic?

3. After the moral and material collapse of Germany, the country had a vague appetite for _____.

4. What does Brecht call people who came to the theatre to get their cockles warmed in "Conversations with Bert Brecht"?

5. Who wrote the Beggar's Opera?

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