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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did actors sit on in Neher's Antigone?
(a) Benches.
(b) The floor.
(c) Thrones.
(d) Director's chairs.

2. Why was Antigone picked up for production?
(a) Its sense of drama.
(b) Its sets.
(c) Its characterization.
(d) Its timely subject matter.

3. The actor first masters his character by mastering the _____.
(a) Lines.
(b) Gest.
(c) Stage.
(d) Story.

4. Art, to Brecht, addresses all alike and would confront the tiger its _____.
(a) Song.
(b) Claws.
(c) Dance.
(d) Roar.

5. What needs to be alienated in epic theatre depends on the _____ demanded by the entire episode.
(a) Exposition.
(b) Composition.
(c) Prop position.
(d) Character position.

6. The rapid decline of artistic methods under the Nazis seemed to Brecht to have take place _____.
(a) Unnoticed.
(b) Under scrutiny.
(c) In Berlin only.
(d) As a result of bombings.

7. In terms of aesthetics, Galileo spoke of the elegance of certain _____.
(a) Subjects.
(b) External techniques.
(c) Fundamentalist tendencies.
(d) Formulae.

8. God had a bet with the devil for _____.
(a) A penny.
(b) Dr. Faustus's soul.
(c) A pot of gold.
(d) The rights to heaven.

9. The American stage was said by Brecht to shun _____.
(a) Speeches.
(b) Music.
(c) Emotionalizing.
(d) Acting.

10. Epic theatre strives to achieve a character rather than a _____.
(a) Caricature.
(b) Corporal.
(c) Singer.
(d) Dilettant.

11. Where did the first production of Galileo take place?
(a) Los Angeles.
(b) Frankfurt.
(c) New Orleans.
(d) Paris.

12. The expressionism of the postwar period showed the World as Will and Idea and led to a special kind of _____.
(a) Regression.
(b) Caricature.
(c) Monopolism.
(d) Solopsism.

13. Brecht admits that his insistence on avoiding self-identification with a character is a _____ concept.
(a) Stolen.
(b) Antiquated.
(c) Contrived.
(d) Dogmatic.

14. Who was in charge of Das Wort?
(a) Neher.
(b) Scher.
(c) Bredel.
(d) Brecht.

15. What were the colors used to develop the color scheme for morning in Galileo?
(a) Pumpkin, olive, and caramel.
(b) Orange, lilac, and sage.
(c) Green, blue, and pink.
(d) White, yellow, and gray.

Short Answer Questions

1. A mass of _____ to develop the character are carried out when it is introduced among other characters of the play.

2. Where did Brecht address the all-German cultural congress?

3. The sight of the _____behind a completely empty stage creates the illusion of a flat landscape with a huge sky.

4. When asked if Katzgraben is a play with a message, Brecht replies that _____ is a play with a message.

5. _____ with a character should be treated as just another method of observation in rehearsals.

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