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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. What does Brecht say his poetry requires in "Conversations with Bert Brecht"?
(a) A microphone.
(b) A complex lighting scheme.
(c) Many more revisions.
(d) Banjo or piano accompaniment.

2. Where dramatic theatre emphasizes plot, epic theatre emphasizes _____.
(a) Dialogue.
(b) Setting.
(c) Consequence.
(d) Narrative.

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 _____.
(a) A woman.
(b) A Rhineland winery.
(c) An Albanian oil field.
(d) A penny.

4. Which cartoonist contributed drawings for Schweik?
(a) Rötger Feldmann.
(b) Otto Nückel.
(c) Geor Grosz.
(d) David Füleki.

5. Brecht felt that in the great American comedies, the human being is presented as _____.
(a) A tyrant.
(b) An animal.
(c) An oracle.
(d) An object.

Short Answer Questions

1. _____ is two volumes of collected plays published by Malik Verlag, London.

2. Brecht states that knowledge is just _____.

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

4. Brecht describes the Aristotelian play as essentially _____.

5. What is the main task of epic theatre?

(see the answer key)

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