ANGLÈS: The Caucasian Chalk Circle Quiz
ACTIVITAT:
What do you know about Bertold Brecht and his plays? Do the following quiz (you must tick the correct answer)
Brecht terms himself a "pacifist." What in his career most probably led to that stance?friends / army
university / school
/ In 1926 Brecht began studies at the Berlin "Workers School." The philosophical movement he embraced here was...
Fascism / Marxism
Free Enterprise / Capitalism
During the 1920's Brecht frequently collaborated with a famous composer and a famous singer. They were...
Lieber and Lenya / Weiley and Lieber
Lieber and Stoller / Weill and Lenya
/ The Caucasian Chalk Circle was written in Hollywood in 1944-45. Its premiere performance was given in what state in the USA?
California / Montana
Missouri / Minnesota
Brecht spent time living in...
Montana / Canada
Pennsylvania / California
/ Already in the Prologue of Caucasian Chalk Circle, Brecht very clearly shows equality of the sexes.
This statement is incorrect / n/a
This statement is correct / n/a
The one Collective Farm was named "Rosa Luxemburg." Rosa Luxemburg was a...
Fascist / Capitalist
Both of the above / None of the above
/ The prologue takes place in a time and place where what prevails?
Unreason / n/a
n/a / Reason
How does Brecht parody religion in the Easter Sunday scene?
The Governor is beheaded / The Governor is resurrected
The Governor commits suicide / The Governor is hanged
/ The first episode in which Grusha exhibits self-sacrifice for the welfare of the child is...
Grusha lies in front of Simon about the kinship of the child / Grusha crosses the rotten bridge with the child
Grusha spends the night with the child
The last episode in which Grusha exhibits self-sacrifice for the welfare of the child is...
Grusha crosses the rotten bridge with the child / Grusha succumbs to the sexual demands of Jussup
Grusha marries Jussup / Grusha lies in front of Simon about the kinship of the child
/ In one ofthe episodes of self-sacrifice, Grusha his someone over the head with a stick of wood. That person is...
an Ironshirt / a peasant
the Fat Prince / Jussup
Lavrenti's wife is constantly termed "religious." In reality, she is merely a religious hypocrit.
This statement is incorrect / n/a
This statement is correct / n/a
/ The real cause of Jussup's bedridden state is that...
he is avoiding the draft / he is avoiding getting married
he is terminally ill / he is avoiding death
The rite of "extreme unction" was not performed for Jussup because...
he had just gotten divorced / he was already dead
it cost too much / he was dying
/ Brecht uses songs, even though they aren't remotely crucial or connected to the story line, to underscore his personal philosophy concerning the "anti-military" theme.
This statement is incorrect / n/a
This statement is correct / n/a
The term "Ironshirts" was most likely used by Brecht to refer to what Nazi group in pre World War II Germany?
the blackshirts / the brownshirts
the redshirts / the yellowshirts
/ After the Chalk Circle test, the former Governor's estates are turned over to...
the people and children / the Governor's child
Grusha / the Governor's wife
The former Governor's estates are named...
Michael's Garden / Garden of Eden
Azdak's Garden / Grusha's Garden
/ The biblical reference to Cain/Abel refers to...
Fat Prince/Governor / Lavrenti/Grusha
Fat Prince/Grand Duke / Azdak/court cases
The Janga-Tau Glacier is to be equated with the rite of:
Baptism / Confirmation
Communion / Holy Orders
/ Saint Banditus was also known as...
Anastasius / Grand Duke
Irakli / Granny
The Monk was also known as...
Anastasius / a beggar
Irakli / Ironshirt
/ The Grand Duke was also known as or referred to as...
the Grand Butcher / the Grand Swindler
the Grand Thief / all of the above
Croesus is equivalent to...
Midas / the Grand Duke
Granny / Michael