DRAMA Year 9 Brecht Quiz

Select two techniques that Frantic Assembly use to create their performances

• Chair Duets, Role Play

• Cross-cutting, Round by through

• Hymns Hands, Thought Tracking

• Chair Duets, Round by Through

• Round by Through, Narration

There are 6 devices commonly used by Brecht to create the 'v' effect. Select the correct 6 from below -

• Narration, Mime, Body as a Prop, Set design, use of Placards, Flashback

• Split role, Tableau, Thought Tracking, Flashback, Body as a prop, Coming out of role

• Narration, Split role, Direct Address, Coming out of role, Speaking the stage directions, use of Placards

• Mime, Imitation, Split focus, Thought Tracking, Narration, Comedy

• Use of Placards, Tableau, Comedy, Physical Theatre, Dance, Choreography

Choose which 2 sentences best describes Brecht's Epic Theatre -

• Brecht wanted the audience to experience real life through naturalism

• Brecht did not want the audience to experience real life he wanted them to know they were at the theatre

• Brecht wanted the audience to experience choreography and dance

• Brecht wanted the audience to feel a part of the performance by removing the fourth wall

• Brecht did not want the audience to see political theatre

In which century did Brecht work?

• The 19th Century

• The 20th Century

• The 21st Century

• The 18th Century

• The 17th Century

What nationality was Brecht?

• French

• American

• German

• Italian

• Swedish

How did Brecht become a stateless citizen?

• He asked to become a Russian citizen but was refused

• He fled from Germany in the 1930s and the Nazis removed his citizenship

• He supported the Nazis in the Second World War

What was the name of the theatre company Brecht created?

• The Berliner Ensemble

• The Kabuki Theatre

• The Doyly Carte

What do you understand by the term Gestus in Brechtian theatre?

• It was the term that Brecht adopted for a character's movement or gesture

• It is the physical capturing of a particular moment that makes the audience appreciate the context of that stance or reaction

• It is the idea of repelling an audience by what is shown on stage

What is meant by breaking the fourth wall?

• The destroying of any illusion that you are watching real life and making the audience think objectively

• Giving the audience the feeling that they're actually in the same room as the actors

• The structural reshaping of the performance area in a theatre

What is montage in Brechtian theatre?

• A series of self-contained scenes that work effectively through juxtaposition with each other

• A montage is made up of several small pictures, now popular because of the ease with which it can be produced on computer

• The use of shadows for storytelling