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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 felt that in the great American comedies, the human being is presented as _____.
(a) An object.
(b) A tyrant.
(c) An oracle.
(d) An animal.

2. What is the name of Peter Lorre's character, the packer in Mann ist Mann?
(a) Gay Gay.
(b) Macheath.
(c) Ton Ton.
(d) Macbeth.

3. Theatre became an affair for _____ in light of the changes made by the ideals of epic theatre.
(a) Philosophers.
(b) Children.
(c) Ladies in big hats.
(d) Politicians.

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

5. Elisabeth Begner and Rudolf Forster starred in Shaw's _____ in 1924.
(a) Major Barbara.
(b) Man and Superman.
(c) Widowers' Houses.
(d) Saint Joan.

Short Answer Questions

1. _____ essays in magazines have also been used for reference in this book.

2. Who wrote the Beggar's Opera?

3. In "Last Stage: Oedipus", Brecht says that the future of Germany's theatre is _____.

4. Who was the best-known composer that Brecht worked with?

5. Die Mutter is a piece of anti-metaphysical, materialistic, _____drama.

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How were theatrical productions in Russia, America and Germany similar to each other in Brecht's time.

3. Why was the editor not allowed to reproduce all of Brecht's essays?

4. Why does Brecht use the example of 'leave-taking' in "A Dialogue about Acting" and what does he mean by it?

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

6. Why does Brecht write that there is nothing at all new about epic theater?

7. What songs did Brecht sing with Wedekind and what were they about?

8. What innovations happened as a result of writing the book?

9. Why have cuts been made in some of Brecht's essays in this book?

10. Why did the editor thank the people he did?

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