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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through 1947-1948 (Zurich).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which aspect of epic theatre enlightened the spectator about facts unknown to him?
(a) Programs.
(b) Pre-show talks.
(c) The narrator.
(d) Choruses.

2. Brecht states that concern with subject and concern with form are _____.
(a) Contradictory.
(b) Counter-productive.
(c) Mutually exclusive.
(d) Complementary.

3. Brecht says actors should act for an audience of _____.
(a) Diplomats.
(b) The classical era.
(c) One.
(d) The scientific age.

4. Brecht states in "On Form and Subject Matter" that difficulties are not mastered by _____.
(a) Keeping silent about them.
(b) Throwing oneself against a brick wall.
(c) Practice alone.
(d) Denying them.

5. Who was the best-known composer that Brecht worked with?
(a) Casterede.
(b) Berg.
(c) Prokofiev.
(d) Hindemith.

Short Answer Questions

1. Major form is designed to realize material for _____, according to Brecht.

2. The goal of epic theatre is less to moralize than to _____.

3. Woyzeck buys a _____ in order to do his wife in.

4. Theatre became an affair for _____ in light of the changes made by the ideals of epic theatre.

5. Piscator's Theater am Nollendorfplatz was based on _____ principles.

(see the answer key)

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