View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Where did Brecht give an explanation of Ber Flug der Lindberghs in 1929?
(a) The Baden-Baden music festival.
(b) The Kleist Prize ceremony.
(c) In London.
(d) The Hague.

4. The translator's notes in number 37 give a provisional account of the most important of Brecht's _____.
(a) Personal favorites.
(b) Theoretical works.
(c) Self-criticisms.
(d) Fact-finding notes.

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

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

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

8. Which aspect of epic theatre added statistical material?
(a) Projections.
(b) A narrator.
(c) Paintings.
(d) Leaflets.

9. Which work by Goethe was better as a book than a theatrical production, according to Brecht?
(a) Der Zauberlehrling.
(b) Iphigenie auf Tauris.
(c) Der Erlkönig.
(d) Faust.

10. Brecht states that knowledge is just _____.
(a) A vapor.
(b) A curse.
(c) A commodity.
(d) Propaganda.

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

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

13. What example does Brecht use to explain his concept of art following reality in "On Form and Subject Matter"?
(a) Sausage.
(b) Pine tree sap.
(c) French perfume.
(d) Petroleum spirits.

14. Brecht states that when an actor sings, he undergoes a change of _____.
(a) Scene.
(b) Rhythm.
(c) Function.
(d) Worth.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Brecht says actors should act for an audience of _____.

3. How does Brecht say that the opera, the stage, and the press impose their views on the public?

4. In reference to film, Brecht felt that the mechanization of literary production cannot be _____.

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

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 384 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample