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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Aiming to avoid artificial heat in the production of Katzgraben, Brecht felt the company fell short on _____.
(a) Soft solitude.
(b) Cunning.
(c) Natural warmth.
(d) Wit.

2. Speech of outstanding _____ is discouraged in epic theatre.
(a) Charisma.
(b) Clarity.
(c) Volume.
(d) Pace.

3. Brecht believed that one need never be frightened of putting bold and unaccustomed things before the _____.
(a) Bourgeois.
(b) King.
(c) Intelligentsia.
(d) Proletariat.

4. The sight of the _____behind a completely empty stage creates the illusion of a flat landscape with a huge sky.
(a) Cyclorama.
(b) Projetions.
(c) Diorama.
(d) Films.

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

6. Laughton gave readings of _____ at Brecht's house.
(a) Stanislavski.
(b) Shakespeare.
(c) Goethe.
(d) Goelik.

7. Piscator's theater was characterized as the most _____ theatre.
(a) Demanding.
(b) Ordinary.
(c) Calculating.
(d) Radical.

8. Who jeered at Galileo in the play of the same name?
(a) His rivals.
(b) The nuns of Gloucester.
(c) His siblings.
(d) The monks of the Collegium Romanum.

9. Where had Mother Courage first been produced?
(a) New York.
(b) Dresden.
(c) Zurich.
(d) Munich.

10. Where did the production of Galileo go in December, 1947?
(a) New York.
(b) London.
(c) Dresden.
(d) Hong Kong.

11. Brecht felt that for at least two generations, European drama had been passing though a period of _____.
(a) Experiment.
(b) Classicism.
(c) Marxism.
(d) Poverty.

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

13. _____temperament in epic theatre is discouraged.
(a) Docile.
(b) Angry.
(c) Indulgent.
(d) Obtrusive.

14. Brecht states that the titles of In Life of Galileo must include the _____.
(a) Social point.
(b) Actor's names.
(c) Year of the setting.
(d) Ingredients for making soup.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Brueghel's great war painting called?

2. Who wrote the music for Mother Courage?

3. How does Brecht describe the setting of the Threepenny Opera?

4. Boiling the story down to a half sheet of paper took place during _____.

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

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