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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. _____ is two volumes of collected plays published by Malik Verlag, London.
(a) Theaterarbeit.
(b) Gesammelte Werke.
(c) Sonatas.
(d) Schriffen zum Theater.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote Die Asthetschen Anschauungen Berthold Brechts?

2. Where was The Road to Life made?

3. Brecht felt that in the great American comedies, the human being is presented as _____.

4. When was Theaterarbeit published?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How is the Flier's part in Der Flug der Lindberghs pedaegogical?

2. What is the relationship between a theatre and a play?

3. How was Piscator's influence obvious to Brecht in theatre in 1929?

4. What was the function of the big canvas at the back of the stage in the production of Die Mutter?

5. Compare the function of music in dramatic opera to epic opera.

6. In the editor's opinion, in what way did Brecht's ideas on theatre evolve?

7. How did Wedekind present his last work, Herakles?

8. What does Brecht tell Mr. X about the eternal urge to see of a play?

9. How did Brecht feel about the role of singing in epic theatre?

10. What is the objective of epic drama compared to pseudo-classical German drama?

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