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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. What sort of approach does Brecht say the opera Mahagonny adopts?
(a) A hedonistic approach.
(b) A pedantic approach.
(c) A communal approach.
(d) A didactic approach.

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

3. Who wrote the play Fruhlingserwachen that helped Peter Lorre make a name for himself?
(a) Brecht.
(b) Korres.
(c) Wedekind.
(d) Shaw.

4. Brecht states in "On Form and Subject Matter" that difficulties are not mastered by _____.
(a) Keeping silent about them.
(b) Throwing oneself against a brick wall.
(c) Practice alone.
(d) Denying them.

5. What knowledge was Goethe interested in as a kind of hobby?
(a) Asronomy.
(b) Ancient history.
(c) Natural history.
(d) Astrology.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which work by Goethe was better as a book than a theatrical production, according to Brecht?

2. Brecht states that a film's needing human interest is equivalent to saying that it has got to be _____.

3. Who was Brecht's longtime secretary and collaborator?

4. _____ essays in magazines have also been used for reference in this book.

5. What is the name of the Mother in Die Mutter?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is the objective of epic drama compared to pseudo-classical German drama?

3. What was the function of the big canvas at the back of the stage in the production of Die Mutter?

4. How is the Flier's part in Der Flug der Lindberghs pedaegogical?

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

6. How does Brecht say that Capitalism operates?

7. How did Wedekind present his last work, Herakles?

8. What is the relationship between a theatre and a play?

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

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

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