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

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

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

4. Brecht states that the titles of In Life of Galileo must include the _____.
(a) Social point.
(b) Ingredients for making soup.
(c) Actor's names.
(d) Year of the setting.

5. Boiling the story down to a half sheet of paper took place during _____.
(a) Analysis of the play.
(b) Set rehearsal.
(c) Checking rehearsals.
(d) Music rehearsals.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did the production of Galileo go in December, 1947?

2. Epic theatre strives to achieve a character rather than a _____.

3. The pomp of _____ has a hollow gest.

4. Always standing parallel to the _____ is one of Brechts 'common tendencies for actors to guard against'.

5. The actor first masters his character by mastering the _____.

Short Essay Questions

1. In what works did Brecht give up iambics and why?

2. What system of production is present in bourgeois society?

3. What is the role of the story in theatre?

4. What does Brecht see as a good way of judging gestic music with a piece of text?

5. What does theatre show us about the structure of society and how is this represented?

6. What is Brecht's description of how academic critics treat folk plays and why does he think this?

7. What is Brecht's view on rehearsal of details?

8. What is Brecht's view on costumes and masks?

9. Why does Brecht complain about the use of Volkstumlich in the German language?

10. How did Neher and Brecht agree and disagree with Aristotle in the style of presentation of Antigone?

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