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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Theatre became an affair for _____ in light of the changes made by the ideals of epic theatre.
(a) Ladies in big hats.
(b) Philosophers.
(c) Children.
(d) Politicians.

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

3. Where did Brecht give an explanation of Ber Flug der Lindberghs in 1929?
(a) In London.
(b) The Baden-Baden music festival.
(c) The Hague.
(d) The Kleist Prize ceremony.

4. What does Brecht call the new style of acting that happened as a result of the Threepenny Opera?
(a) Neo-Shakespearean.
(b) Baconian.
(c) The epic style.
(d) Emotive.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. From the pseudo-classical German point of view, the first prison scene in the Threepenny Opera is a/an _____.

2. Theaterarbeit is a collective volume of Brecht's work kept by _____.

3. What is the main task of epic theatre?

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

5. Film projections became an integral part of the _____ in epic theatre.

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Brecht feel about the role of singing in epic theatre?

2. Compare the function of music in dramatic opera to epic opera.

3. What is the Threepenny Opera concerned with?

4. What does Brecht tell Mr. X about the eternal urge to see of a play?

5. How does Brecht compare his relationship with art and science?

6. Why did the editor thank the people he did?

7. What innovations happened as a result of writing the book?

8. What has the translation tried to convey?

9. Why does Brecht use the example of 'leave-taking' in "A Dialogue about Acting" and what does he mean by it?

10. What was theatre like and what was the flaw that young people found in theatre after World War I?

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