Bertolt Brecht Quiz: questions and answers

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1. What was Bertolt Brecht's full name?

Eugen Hans Ernst Brecht

Eugen Karl Berthold Brecht

Eugen Berthold Friedrich Brecht

2. Where was Bertolt Brecht born?

Germany

Denmark

Switzerland

3. At what age did Brecht die?

4. Who was Brecht?

Playwright, theatre director, poet

General and military theorist

Singer, songwriter, dancer

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")

For writing an essay in response to the line "Adclinis falsis animus meliora recusat" from the Roman poet Horace, calling it Zweckpropaganda ("cheap propaganda for a specific purpose")

For writing an essay in response to the line "In pace, ut sapiens, aptarit idonea bello" from the Roman poet Horace, calling it Zweckpropaganda ("cheap propaganda for a specific purpose")

6. What was Brecht's first full play?

"Round Heads and Point Heads"

"Baal"

"Drums in the Night"

7. Whom did Brecht work with on the adaption of Christopher Marlowe's "Edward II"?

Lion Feuchtwanger

Carola Neher

Enrich Engel

8. What genre is "The Caucasian Chalk Circle"?

Epic theatre

Musical theatre

Agit-Prop

9. When did Bertolt Brecht and his wife Helene Weigel establish the Berliner Ensemble?

January 1949

June 1949

January 1947

10. Who directed the production of "Life of Galileo"?

Leonard Steckel

Teo Otto

Bertolt Brecht

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