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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Brecht states that opera cannot be wished away and its _____ have an important social function.
(a) Truths.
(b) Illusions.
(c) Emotions.
(d) Morals.

2. Major form is designed to realize material for _____, according to Brecht.
(a) The short run.
(b) Eternity.
(c) The times.
(d) The masses.

3. Brecht states in "On Form and Subject Matter" that difficulties are not mastered by _____.
(a) Throwing oneself against a brick wall.
(b) Keeping silent about them.
(c) Practice alone.
(d) Denying them.

4. What does Brecht praise Georg Kaiser for?
(a) Socialism.
(b) Intellectualism.
(c) Emotionalism.
(d) Marxism.

5. What sort of approach does Brecht say the opera Mahagonny adopts?
(a) A didactic approach.
(b) A hedonistic approach.
(c) A pedantic approach.
(d) A communal approach.

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

7. Where was Theaterarbeit published?
(a) Dresden.
(b) Copenhagen.
(c) Munich.
(d) Frankfurt.

8. Three years after Brecht's attack, the Augsberg theatre turned entirely over to _____.
(a) The symphony.
(b) Magicians.
(c) The govenrment.
(d) Opera.

9. Who wrote the play, Konjunktur?
(a) Kortner.
(b) Jessner.
(c) Lania.
(d) Bronnen.

10. Where was Die Asthetschen Anschauungen Berthold Brechts published?
(a) Moscow.
(b) Copenhagen.
(c) Frankfurt.
(d) Munich.

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

12. Where was The Road to Life made?
(a) The Netherlands.
(b) Germany.
(c) Russia.
(d) France.

13. What does Brecht call people who came to the theatre to get their cockles warmed in "Conversations with Bert Brecht"?
(a) Pot ash.
(b) Nobility.
(c) Scum.
(d) Vegetation.

14. Where was the epic production of Mann ist Mann starring Peter Lorre performed?
(a) Augsberg.
(b) The Louvre.
(c) Stratford-uopn-Avon.
(d) Staatstheater.

15. Who does Brecht mention in association with Paris theatre when he talks about the theatre centers of the world?
(a) Matisse.
(b) Renauld.
(c) Jolivet.
(d) Jouvet.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which aspect of epic theatre enlightened the spectator about facts unknown to him?

2. Brecht states that knowledge is just _____.

3. Die Mutter is a piece of anti-metaphysical, materialistic, _____drama.

4. In one of Brecht's examples of how projections were used, projections of warships being launched were running while two characters were fighting over _____.

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

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