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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where dramatic theatre emphasizes plot, epic theatre emphasizes _____.
(a) Narrative.
(b) Dialogue.
(c) Setting.
(d) Consequence.

2. Which two essays in the book are from the Brecht Archive, which were the only ones the editor of this book allowed to reproduce?
(a) Zunn und Arbeit.
(b) The two listed under number 32.
(c) Dunkel und Deutsche,
(d) The two listed under number 97.

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

4. In "Shouldn't We Abolish Aesthetics?", Brecht hopes that _____ would be the death of their existing drama.
(a) Sociology.
(b) Capitalism.
(c) The war.
(d) A lack of government funding.

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

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

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

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

9. The goal of epic theatre is less to moralize than to _____.
(a) Observe.
(b) Elicit.
(c) Eviscerate.
(d) Contradict.

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

11. Theaterarbeit is a collective volume of Brecht's work kept by _____.
(a) His granddaughter.
(b) George Bernard Shaw.
(c) His mother.
(d) The Berliner Ensemble.

12. What does Brecht call the new style of acting that happened as a result of the Threepenny Opera?
(a) Neo-Shakespearean.
(b) Baconian.
(c) The epic style.
(d) Emotive.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Brecht say put a stop to epic and didactic tendencies of theatre in Berlin?

2. Major form is designed to realize material for _____, according to Brecht.

3. What did Brecht win in 1922 for Trommeln in der Nacht?

4. Who wrote the play, Konjunktur?

5. What example does Brecht use to explain his concept of art following reality in "On Form and Subject Matter"?

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