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

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

3. What is the name of the book that contains Walter Nubel Brecht's bibliography that lists Berthold Brecht's works?
(a) Bloch und Fahber.
(b) Zwei und Zwanzig Arbeiten.
(c) Zinn und Arbeit.
(d) Sinn und Form.

4. _____ are Brecht's collected poems.
(a) Theaterarbeit.
(b) Gedichte.
(c) Die Mutter.
(d) Mittenzwei.

5. Where was The Road to Life made?
(a) The Netherlands.
(b) Germany.
(c) France.
(d) Russia.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who was in charge of Das Wort?

3. What does the word 'Spass' mean in German?

4. Where did Piscator go 'gloomily' off to to make films after he staged Section 218?

5. What did Brecht win in 1922 for Trommeln in der Nacht?

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