Bertolt Brecht Quiz: questions and answers
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Bertolt Brecht was a famous German playwright, poet, and theatre practitioner. What do you know about this man?
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1. What was Bertolt Brecht's full name?
Eugen Berthold Friedrich Brecht
2. Where was Bertolt Brecht born?
Germany
3. At what age did Brecht die?
58
4. Who was Brecht?
Playwright, theatre director, poet
5. Why was Brecht nearly expelled from school in 1915?
For writing an essay in response to the line "Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori" from the Roman poet Horace, calling it Zweckpropaganda ("cheap propaganda for a specific purpose")
6. What was Brecht's first full play?
"Baal"
7. Whom did Brecht work with on the adaption of Christopher Marlowe's "Edward II"?
Lion Feuchtwanger
8. What genre is "The Caucasian Chalk Circle"?
Epic theatre
9. When did Bertolt Brecht and his wife Helene Weigel establish the Berliner Ensemble?
January 1949
10. Who directed the production of "Life of Galileo"?
Leonard Steckel