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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Brecht say put a stop to epic and didactic tendencies of theatre in Berlin?
(a) Apathy.
(b) Capitalism.
(c) Communism.
(d) Fascism.

2. Where is the Schiffbauerdamm theatre located?
(a) Dresden.
(b) Munich.
(c) Berlin.
(d) Frankfurt.

3. In Life of Galileo, the child's true mother is found by means of a _____.
(a) Chalk circle.
(b) Ouija board.
(c) Native totem.
(d) Seance.

4. What is the Marxist phrase for the whole body of art, ideas, and morality of any given society?
(a) Ideological superstructure.
(b) Social inherent tendencies.
(c) Brain circus.
(d) Cohesive collective thought.

5. Who wrote the play, Konjunktur?
(a) Kortner.
(b) Lania.
(c) Jessner.
(d) Bronnen.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Lehrstucke are Brecht's _____ works.

3. In one of Brecht's examples of how projections were used, projections of warships being launched were running while two characters were fighting over _____.

4. Brecht states that the titles of In Life of Galileo must include the _____.

5. What sort of approach does Brecht say the opera Mahagonny adopts?

(see the answer key)

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