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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. Brecht believed that an artist who is merely _____ could not get the most out of his talents.

2. Who spoke in 1826 of the inadequacy of the English wooden stage of Shakespeare's day?

3. The rapid decline of artistic methods under the Nazis seemed to Brecht to have take place _____.

4. Brecht thought that the bourgeois theatre's performances always aimed to create _____.

5. Who wrote the music for Mother Courage?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Brecht's view on casting?

2. What does Brecht see as the reasons for lifeless and stereotyped portrayals of characters by actors?

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

4. What is Brecht's view on previews?

5. What does Brecht see as a good way of judging gestic music with a piece of text?

6. What is Brecht's description of how academic critics treat folk plays and why does he think this?

7. What does Brecht say is considered to be social gest?

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

9. What role does observation play in acting?

10. How does Brecht describe his cities after the great war in "From the Mother Courage Model"?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare Brecht's impression of Chinese theatre to Stanislavski's acting techniques. Which style is more effective in the presentation of Brecht's ideals? Why? Does he give credit to the other style? How?

Essay Topic 2

Explain 'peadagogics'. What is the role of peadagogics in theatre? How does this fit into Brecht's style of theatre?

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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