View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Brecht say put a stop to epic and didactic tendencies of theatre in Berlin?
(a) Fascism.
(b) Capitalism.
(c) Communism.
(d) Apathy.

2. With whom did Brecht collaborate on the Berlin production of his first play, Baal?
(a) Piscator.
(b) Shaw.
(c) Homolka.
(d) Wedekind.

3. Brecht states that a film's needing human interest is equivalent to saying that it has got to be _____.
(a) Pious.
(b) Vulgar.
(c) Successful
(d) Expensive.

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

5. Where was Die Asthetschen Anschauungen Berthold Brechts published?
(a) Moscow.
(b) Copenhagen.
(c) Munich.
(d) Frankfurt.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which aspect of epic theatre showed a montage of events all over the world?

3. Where was The Road to Life made?

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

5. What does Brecht say was Wedekind's finest characteristic?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is the Threepenny Opera concerned with?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 610 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample