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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. When asked who Brecht wrote for in "Conversations with Bert Brecht", he said that he wrote for people who wanted to have fun and didn't hesitate to keep their _____ on in the theatre.
(a) Glasses.
(b) Boots.
(c) Coats.
(d) Hats.

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

3. Who created the lead role for Die Mutter?
(a) Elisabeth Scherr.
(b) Elisabeth Hauptmann.
(c) Anne Guttermann.
(d) Helene Weigel.

4. Brecht's _____ on theater are not included in this book.
(a) Students' essays.
(b) Poems.
(c) Notes.
(d) Programming.

5. _____ is a collection of Brecht's theoretical writings published by Surhkamp.
(a) Schriften zum Theater.
(b) Arbeitsbuch.
(c) Versuche.
(d) Stucke.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the main task of epic theatre?

2. Brecht describes the Aristotelian play as essentially _____.

3. With whom did Brecht collaborate on the Berlin production of his first play, Baal?

4. What sort of approach does Brecht say the opera Mahagonny adopts?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What was theatre like and what was the flaw that young people found in theatre after World War I?

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

6. What is the distinction between learning and amusing oneself in the theatre?

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

8. What is Germany's role in the development of theatre in 1929?

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

10. What advantages did Brecht feel the theatre had in Germany before he went into exile?

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