Mother Courage and Her Children Study Guide

1. What are the dates of the Second World War?

• 1612-1616
• 1940-1943
• 1939-1941
• 1939-1945

2. Where was Brecht when he wrote Mother Courage and Her Children?

• Sweden
• Germany
• Austria
• Switzerland

3. What was the theater form that Brecht founded?

• Dramatic Theater
• In-Yer-Face Theater
• Epic Theater
• Post-War Theater

4. When was Brecht's own first major production of Mother Courage?

• 1937
• 1939
• 1941
• 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?

• Anna Fierling
• Kattrin Haupt
• Anne Doubtfire
• Adolf Hitler

7. What is the name of Mother Courage's only daughter?

• Doris Lessing
• Kattrin
• Eilif
• Swiss Cheese

8. How did the protagonist get the nickname "Mother Courage"?

• By selling her cart to save her son
• 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

9. Which child is Mother Courage's favorite?

• The Cook
• Kattrin
• Eilif
• Swiss Cheese

10. How does Mother Courage predict the Sergeant's death in the play's first scene?

• By finding a mystic symbol drawn on his uniform
• By reading his tea leaves
• By making him draw a black cross on a piece of paper
• By seeing into the future