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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through 1933-1947 (Exile: Scandinavia, USA), Section 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the word 'Spass' mean in German?
(a) Long.
(b) Classical.
(c) Free.
(d) Fun.

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

3. Literary works cannot be taken over like _____.
(a) Dogs.
(b) Countries.
(c) Roads.
(d) Factories.

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

5. Brecht felt that for at least two generations, European drama had been passing though a period of _____.
(a) Experiment.
(b) Classicism.
(c) Marxism.
(d) Poverty.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the Marxist phrase for the whole body of art, ideas, and morality of any given society?

2. Where was Das Wort published?

3. What does Brecht praise Georg Kaiser for?

4. Lehrstucke are Brecht's _____ works.

5. What does Brecht call people who came to the theatre to get their cockles warmed in "Conversations with Bert Brecht"?

(see the answer key)

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