Mother Courage and Her Children Quizzes

Mother Courage and Her Children Quiz 1

1 What are the dates of the Second World War?
1939-1945

1939-1941

1612-1616

1940-1943
2 Where was Brecht when he wrote Mother Courage and Her Children?
Sweden

Austria

Germany

Switzerland
3 What was the theater form that Brecht founded?
Dramatic Theater

Post-War Theater

Epic Theater

In-Yer-Face Theater
4 When was Brecht's own first major production of Mother Courage?
1939

1941

1937

1949
5 During which war is Mother Courage and Her Children set?
The Crimean War

The First World War

The Second World War

The Thirty Years' War
6 What is Mother Courage's real name?
Adolf Hitler

Anna Fierling

Anne Doubtfire

Kattrin Haupt
7 What is the name of Mother Courage's only daughter?
Eilif

Doris Lessing

Swiss Cheese

Kattrin
8 How did the protagonist get the nickname "Mother Courage"?
By singing numerous difficult songs in public

By driving through a bombardment to sell some moldy bread

By being the only woman to help fight off a Catholic invasion

By selling her cart to save her son
9 Which child is Mother Courage's favorite?
The Cook

Swiss Cheese

Kattrin

Eilif
10 How does Mother Courage predict the Sergeant's death in the play's first scene?
By making him draw a black cross on a piece of paper

By finding a mystic symbol drawn on his uniform

By seeing into the future

By reading his tea leaves
11 Which of Mother Courage's children works as a paymaster?
Eilif

The Chaplain

Swiss Cheese

Kattrin
12 Who played Mother Courage in the 1949 production?
Diana Rigg

Helene Weigel

Diana Quick

Judi Dench
13 How many of Mother Courage's children die by the end of the play?
All of them (3)

Eilif and Swiss Cheese (2)

Only Eilif (1)

Swiss Cheese and Kattrin (2)
14 What is the Cook's real name?
Chicken

Pork

Lamb

Fish
15 What is the Cook's nickname as revealed by Yvette?
Smoking Steven

Peter the Puff

Smoked Lamb

Puff the Magic Dragon
16 What is Yvette Pottier's occupation?
Cook

Prostitute

Seamstress

Chaplain
17 What does Yvette Pottier wear that Kattrin later steals?
Scarf

Hat and red high-heeled boots

Soldier's Uniform

Lederhosen
18 How does Kattrin attempt to awake the townsfolk in Scene 11?
Chopping a tree with an axe

Banging a drum

Shooting a harquebus

Shouting loudly
19 What is Brecht's first name?
Bertolt

Bertie

Robert

Bertholt
20 When did Brecht die?
1956

1941

1950

1945
21 Which regiment is Courage following at the start of the play?
Second Finnish

Second German

First Swedish

Ninth Augustan
22 What is Eilif's surname?
Mojocki

Kojocki

Nojocki

Lojocki
23 How does Courage protect her children in the first scene?
By pretending to be a soldier

By running away in her cart

By drawing a knife on the soldiers

By lying about their places of birth
24 What disability does Kattrin have?
She cannot walk

She is blind

She is dumb

She is deaf
25 How much does the Cook end up paying for Courage's capon in Scene 2?
One florin

Sixty Hellers

Nine Guilders

Forty dollars

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