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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through 1933-1947 (Exile: Scandinavia, USA), Section 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Three years after Brecht's attack, the Augsberg theatre turned entirely over to _____.
(a) The govenrment.
(b) Opera.
(c) The symphony.
(d) Magicians.

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

3. _____ are Brecht's collected plays in twelve volumes by Surhkamp and by Aufbau from 1953 and after.
(a) Achtwerke.
(b) Stucke.
(c) Epischen Theater.
(d) Achtarbeiten.

4. Who wrote the Beggar's Opera?
(a) Milhaud.
(b) Gray.
(c) Gorki.
(d) Mattheson.

5. What aspect of opera does Brecht think the public adores?
(a) Its backwardness.
(b) Its truth.
(c) Its lavishness.
(d) Its music.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where dramatic theatre emphasizes plot, epic theatre emphasizes _____.

2. Who was the interviewer in "Conversations with Bert Brecht"?

3. Who wrote the play Fruhlingserwachen that helped Peter Lorre make a name for himself?

4. Who does Brecht mention in association with London theatre when he talks about the theatre centers of the world?

5. In "Shouldn't We Abolish Aesthetics?", Brecht hopes that _____ would be the death of their existing drama.

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