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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Brecht believed that an artist who is merely _____ could not get the most out of his talents.
(a) Epic.
(b) Good-looking.
(c) Progressive.
(d) Emotional.

2. What is Brecht's chosen opposite of the queen in his analogy about nobility of characters?
(a) A dog.
(b) A king.
(c) A beggar.
(d) A fishwife.

3. What is Brueghel's great war painting called?
(a) The Conversion of Saul.
(b) The Archangel Michael.
(c) The Fall of Icarus.
(d) Dulle Griet.

4. _____ means intelligible to the broad masses.
(a) Propaganda.
(b) Fatalism.
(c) Marxism.
(d) Popular.

5. What color are the canvases in Neher's Antigone?
(a) Sage.
(b) Ox blood.
(c) Flax.
(d) Ocean blue.

6. Life of Galileo has the main character giving a boy a lesson on _____.
(a) The Bible.
(b) Color theory.
(c) Didactics.
(d) The solar system.

7. The expressionism of the postwar period showed the World as Will and Idea and led to a special kind of _____.
(a) Regression.
(b) Solopsism.
(c) Monopolism.
(d) Caricature.

8. A mass of _____ to develop the character are carried out when it is introduced among other characters of the play.
(a) Operations.
(b) Interpretations.
(c) Digressions.
(d) Assumptions.

9. What is Creon's laurel wreath made of in Neher's Antigone?
(a) Copper.
(b) Wool.
(c) Cotton.
(d) Leaves.

10. How is the dialogue divided in Der Messingkauf?
(a) Into sixty chapters.
(b) Into four nights.
(c) Into seventeen stanzas.
(d) Into three years.

11. In terms of aesthetics, Galileo spoke of the elegance of certain _____.
(a) External techniques.
(b) Formulae.
(c) Fundamentalist tendencies.
(d) Subjects.

12. Who was in charge of Das Wort?
(a) Scher.
(b) Bredel.
(c) Brecht.
(d) Neher.

13. What were the colors used to develop the color scheme for morning in Galileo?
(a) White, yellow, and gray.
(b) Orange, lilac, and sage.
(c) Green, blue, and pink.
(d) Pumpkin, olive, and caramel.

14. Art, to Brecht, addresses all alike and would confront the tiger its _____.
(a) Song.
(b) Dance.
(c) Roar.
(d) Claws.

15. Aiming to avoid artificial heat in the production of Katzgraben, Brecht felt the company fell short on _____.
(a) Natural warmth.
(b) Wit.
(c) Soft solitude.
(d) Cunning.

Short Answer Questions

1. A masterly use of _____ can be seen in Chinese acting.

2. How does Brecht describe the setting of the Threepenny Opera?

3. Speech of outstanding _____ is discouraged in epic theatre.

4. Where did Brecht address the all-German cultural congress?

5. The pomp of _____ has a hollow gest.

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