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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Major form is designed to realize material for _____, according to Brecht.
(a) The short run.
(b) Eternity.
(c) The masses.
(d) The times.

2. What example does Brecht use to explain his concept of art following reality in "On Form and Subject Matter"?
(a) French perfume.
(b) Pine tree sap.
(c) Petroleum spirits.
(d) Sausage.

3. What sort of approach does Brecht say the opera Mahagonny adopts?
(a) A communal approach.
(b) A hedonistic approach.
(c) A didactic approach.
(d) A pedantic approach.

4. Who does Brecht mention in association with Paris theatre when he talks about the theatre centers of the world?
(a) Jolivet.
(b) Jouvet.
(c) Renauld.
(d) Matisse.

5. Brecht describes the Aristotelian play as essentially _____.
(a) Pedantic.
(b) Didactic.
(c) Dynamic.
(d) Static.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Brecht states in "On Form and Subject Matter" that difficulties are not mastered by _____.

3. Life of Galileo has the main character giving a boy a lesson on _____.

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

5. Who wrote the play, Konjunktur?

(see the answer key)

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