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

2. What needs to be alienated in epic theatre depends on the _____ demanded by the entire episode.
(a) Character position.
(b) Composition.
(c) Exposition.
(d) Prop position.

3. Brecht calls realistic acting _____ acting.
(a) Window pane.
(b) Keyhole.
(c) Rabbit hole.
(d) Drugstore.

4. What signified a broad flow of popular musical elements into modern music?
(a) Jazz.
(b) Blues.
(c) Avant-garde.
(d) New Age.

5. What were the colors used to develop the color scheme for morning in Galileo?
(a) Pumpkin, olive, and caramel.
(b) Green, blue, and pink.
(c) Orange, lilac, and sage.
(d) White, yellow, and gray.

Short Answer Questions

1. From the pseudo-classical German point of view, the first prison scene in the Threepenny Opera is a/an _____.

2. What is the main task of epic theatre?

3. What does the word 'Spass' mean in German?

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

5. Where in Laughton's house did he and Brecht work in the morning?

(see the answer key)

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