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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. The attitude of chasing away a fly is _____.
(a) Social gest.
(b) No social gest.
(c) Futile.
(d) Barbaric.
2. The sight of the _____behind a completely empty stage creates the illusion of a flat landscape with a huge sky.
(a) Projetions.
(b) Diorama.
(c) Films.
(d) Cyclorama.
3. Aiming to avoid artificial heat in the production of Katzgraben, Brecht felt the company fell short on _____.
(a) Soft solitude.
(b) Natural warmth.
(c) Cunning.
(d) Wit.
4. The Berliner Ensemble didn't believe in cutting new actors off from _____.
(a) Print media.
(b) Real life.
(c) Marxist propaganda.
(d) Bourgeois values.
5. The rapid decline of artistic methods under the Nazis seemed to Brecht to have take place _____.
(a) Under scrutiny.
(b) In Berlin only.
(c) As a result of bombings.
(d) Unnoticed.
6. What is Creon's laurel wreath made of in Neher's Antigone?
(a) Leaves.
(b) Copper.
(c) Cotton.
(d) Wool.
7. The historical conditions of a play must not be imagined as _____.
(a) Destitute.
(b) Mysterious powers.
(c) Contrary to modern times.
(d) Having passed.
8. How does Brecht describe the setting of the Threepenny Opera?
(a) As intricate.
(b) As realistic.
(c) As simple.
(d) As unreal.
9. What did actors sit on in Neher's Antigone?
(a) The floor.
(b) Director's chairs.
(c) Thrones.
(d) Benches.
10. The American stage was said by Brecht to shun _____.
(a) Speeches.
(b) Acting.
(c) Music.
(d) Emotionalizing.
11. God had a bet with the devil for _____.
(a) A penny.
(b) A pot of gold.
(c) The rights to heaven.
(d) Dr. Faustus's soul.
12. Art, to Brecht, addresses all alike and would confront the tiger its _____.
(a) Song.
(b) Roar.
(c) Claws.
(d) Dance.
13. The actor first masters his character by mastering the _____.
(a) Stage.
(b) Lines.
(c) Gest.
(d) Story.
14. Why was Antigone picked up for production?
(a) Its sense of drama.
(b) Its timely subject matter.
(c) Its characterization.
(d) Its sets.
15. In Life of Galileo, the child's true mother is found by means of a _____.
(a) Chalk circle.
(b) Ouija board.
(c) Seance.
(d) Native totem.
Short Answer Questions
1. Where did the production of Galileo go in December, 1947?
2. Speech of outstanding _____ is discouraged in epic theatre.
3. _____ means intelligible to the broad masses.
4. Where was Das Wort published?
5. Who jeered at Galileo in the play of the same name?
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