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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the book that contains Walter Nubel Brecht's bibliography that lists Berthold Brecht's works?

2. Brecht states that a film's needing human interest is equivalent to saying that it has got to be _____.

3. _____ is two volumes of collected plays published by Malik Verlag, London.

4. Where was The Road to Life made?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What does Brecht say about inviting small guest companies to perform in the Augsberg theater?

6. What did Brecht see as the role of Fate in film?

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

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

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

10. What does Brecht say about the mediocrity of German theatre?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain the function of Academy of Arts. How does Brecht feel about the proposals put forward by the Academy of Arts? What are these proposals?

Essay Topic 2

Explain Brecht's thoughts on amateur/non-professional acting. When does this sort of acting have merit and why?

Essay Topic 3

Explain the 'alienation' effect. How do actors achieve this? Why does Brecht say that the Flemish painter, Brueghel, was able to achieve this in his art work?

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