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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. Where in Laughton's house did he and Brecht work in the morning?
(a) The living room.
(b) The dining room.
(c) The library.
(d) The kitchen.

2. _____ means intelligible to the broad masses.
(a) Fatalism.
(b) Marxism.
(c) Propaganda.
(d) Popular.

3. An artist from _____ made sketches for Laughton of Galileo.
(a) Disney.
(b) Hannah Barbera.
(c) The Sorbonne.
(d) The Royal Academie of Arts.

4. The poet's words in epic theatre are only sacred so far as they are _____.
(a) Defined.
(b) Pious.
(c) Loud.
(d) True.

5. When did Brecht address the all-German cultural congress?
(a) 1939.
(b) 1945.
(c) 1960.
(d) 1951.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Creon's laurel wreath made of in Neher's Antigone?

2. God had a bet with the devil for _____.

3. The sight of the _____behind a completely empty stage creates the illusion of a flat landscape with a huge sky.

4. The stylization by which an actor's performance becomes art must not destroy _____ in the process.

5. Speech of outstanding _____ is discouraged in epic theatre.

Short Essay Questions

1. In what works did Brecht give up iambics and why?

2. With whom did Brecht and Laughton fill the cast of Galileo and what did they have trouble with?

3. What is Brecht's definition of theatre?

4. Why does Brecht say that mere catastrophe is a bad teacher?

5. Why does Brecht complain about the use of Volkstumlich in the German language?

6. How is a theatre's cultural standard decided and what is the fear that arises?

7. What does theatre show us about the structure of society and how is this represented?

8. What is the role of the story in theatre?

9. What is Brecht's view on casting?

10. What role does observation play in acting?

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