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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Brecht states that radical transformation of theatre can't be the result of some _____.
(a) Recommendation.
(b) Second thought.
(c) Intuition.
(d) Artistic whim.

3. Like Tolstoy and Strindberg, Brecht says that Wedekind was one of the greatest _____ of modern Europe.
(a) Millionaires.
(b) Performers.
(c) Administrators.
(d) Educators.

4. What is the name of the book that contains Walter Nubel Brecht's bibliography that lists Berthold Brecht's works?
(a) Bloch und Fahber.
(b) Sinn und Form.
(c) Zinn und Arbeit.
(d) Zwei und Zwanzig Arbeiten.

5. _____ are Brecht's collected plays in twelve volumes by Surhkamp and by Aufbau from 1953 and after.
(a) Achtwerke.
(b) Achtarbeiten.
(c) Epischen Theater.
(d) Stucke.

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

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

8. How does Brecht describe sport audiences?
(a) As fair and shrewd.
(b) As boorish and thoughtless.
(c) As square and lewd.
(d) As rich and snobbish.

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

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

11. What does the word 'Spass' mean in German?
(a) Long.
(b) Classical.
(c) Free.
(d) Fun.

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

13. How does Brecht describe the flesh and bones resistance to formula in the Threepenny Opera?
(a) As pure socialism.
(b) As Baconian materialism.
(c) As trivial.
(d) As a diversion technique.

14. _____ essays in magazines have also been used for reference in this book.
(a) Communist.
(b) Pre-World War II.
(c) Posthumous.
(d) Propaganda.

15. Brecht states that concern with subject and concern with form are _____.
(a) Mutually exclusive.
(b) Contradictory.
(c) Complementary.
(d) Counter-productive.

Short Answer Questions

1. _____ are Brecht's collected poems.

2. What is the name of Peter Lorre's character, the packer in Mann ist Mann?

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

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

5. What aspect of opera does Brecht think the public adores?

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