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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What aspect of opera does Brecht think the public adores?
(a) Its truth.
(b) Its lavishness.
(c) Its backwardness.
(d) Its music.

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

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

4. From the pseudo-classical German point of view, the first prison scene in the Threepenny Opera is a/an _____.
(a) Establishing scene.
(b) Plot point.
(c) Diversion.
(d) Major event.

5. What did Brecht win in 1922 for Trommeln in der Nacht?
(a) The Kleist Prize.
(b) An Oscar.
(c) A Tony Award.
(d) The Nobel Prize.

6. Brecht states that "A theatre which makes no contact with the public is _____."
(a) Anonymous.
(b) Sacred.
(c) Perfect.
(d) Nonsense.

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

8. Which aspect of epic theatre showed a montage of events all over the world?
(a) Paintings.
(b) Projections.
(c) Collages.
(d) Films.

9. Piscator's Theater am Nollendorfplatz was based on _____ principles.
(a) Communist.
(b) Marxist.
(c) Capitalist.
(d) Aristotelian.

10. 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) Hats.
(b) Coats.
(c) Boots.
(d) Glasses.

11. Who were Brecht's Frankfurt publishers?
(a) Suhrkamp-Verlag.
(b) Breitkopf Hartel.
(c) Schoenhofs.
(d) Hartel-Verlag.

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

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

14. What does Brecht say was a characteristic of actors in theatre of his time?
(a) They were panic-driven.
(b) They were war mongers.
(c) They were gods.
(d) They were money-driven.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. _____ essays in magazines have also been used for reference in this book.

2. What does Brecht call the new style of acting that happened as a result of the Threepenny Opera?

3. _____ is two volumes of collected plays published by Malik Verlag, London.

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

5. Where was The Road to Life made?

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