wayground logo

Free Printable Worksheets

NEW

Font size

S
M
L
XL
Worksheets

Wk 4 Another Brecht Quiz

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

In which century did Brecht work?

a)

20th century

b)

19th century

c)

18th century

2.

What nationality was Brecht?

a)

French

b)

American

c)

German

3.

How did Brecht become a stateless citizen?

a)

He asked to become a Russian citizen but was refused

b)

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

c)

He supported the Nazis in the Second World War

4.

What was the name of the theatre company Brecht created?

a)

The Berliner Ensemble

b)

The Doyly Carte

c)

The Kabuki Theatre

5.

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

a)

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

b)

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

c)

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

6.

What is meant by breaking the fourth wall?

a)

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

b)

The structural reshaping of the performance area in a theatre

c)

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

7.

What is montage in Brechtian theatre?

a)

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

b)

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

c)

The use of shadows for storytelling

8.

What is the difference between Epic theatre and what Brecht called Dramatic theatre?

a)

Epic theatre deals with myths and legends while Dramatic theatre is about sad endings

b)

Epic theatre leaves the audience with questions and challenges while Dramatic theatre has a plot that reaches a conclusion

c)

Epic theatre is large scale and Dramatic theatre is emotional

9.

What is the idea of verfremdungseffekt?

a)

Brecht wants the audience to think objectively about what they see so he employs techniques to distance the audience in this way

b)

Brecht wants the audience to be alienated from what they see

c)

Brecht wants the audience to empathise and engage with what they see

10.

What does the term multi-roling mean?

a)

When an actor plays more than one character onstage

b)

When several actors play the same role

c)

When a female and male actor play the same role