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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. With whom did Brecht collaborate on the Berlin production of his first play, Baal?
(a) Shaw.
(b) Homolka.
(c) Piscator.
(d) Wedekind.

2. _____ is a collection of Brecht's theoretical writings published by Surhkamp.
(a) Versuche.
(b) Schriften zum Theater.
(c) Stucke.
(d) Arbeitsbuch.

3. _____ are Brecht's collected poems.
(a) Mittenzwei.
(b) Die Mutter.
(c) Gedichte.
(d) Theaterarbeit.

4. Which cartoonist contributed drawings for Schweik?
(a) David Füleki.
(b) Rötger Feldmann.
(c) Geor Grosz.
(d) Otto Nückel.

5. Who wrote Die Asthetschen Anschauungen Berthold Brechts?
(a) Piscator.
(b) Helene Weigel.
(c) Werner Hecht.
(d) Helge Hultberg.

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

7. Lehrstucke are Brecht's _____ works.
(a) Didactic.
(b) Holistic.
(c) Historical.
(d) Culinary.

8. Die Mutter is a piece of anti-metaphysical, materialistic, _____drama.
(a) Medieval.
(b) Non-aristotelian.
(c) Contradictory.
(d) Neo-classical.

9. Who wrote the Beggar's Opera?
(a) Mattheson.
(b) Gray.
(c) Gorki.
(d) Milhaud.

10. What were the left-wing Socialists called in Brecht's time?
(a) The Collective.
(b) The NKVD.
(c) The USPD.
(d) The Strong Arm Society.

11. What knowledge was Goethe interested in as a kind of hobby?
(a) Asronomy.
(b) Natural history.
(c) Astrology.
(d) Ancient history.

12. Who does Brecht mention in association with London theatre when he talks about the theatre centers of the world?
(a) Lorre.
(b) Stanfield.
(c) Cochran.
(d) Michaels.

13. What does Brecht say his poetry requires in "Conversations with Bert Brecht"?
(a) A complex lighting scheme.
(b) Banjo or piano accompaniment.
(c) Many more revisions.
(d) A microphone.

14. Brecht says actors should act for an audience of _____.
(a) One.
(b) The classical era.
(c) The scientific age.
(d) Diplomats.

15. In "Last Stage: Oedipus", Brecht says that the future of Germany's theatre is _____.
(a) Tragic.
(b) Non-existent.
(c) Religious.
(d) Philosophical.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who starred in City Lights?

2. Which aspect of epic theatre added statistical material?

3. Where was Theaterarbeit published?

4. In what year did Brecht die?

5. Brecht states that "A theatre which makes no contact with the public is _____."

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