Mother Courage and Her Children Quizzes

Mother Courage and Her Children Quiz 1

By Robert William · Edited by Adam Kissel · Last reviewed August 14, 2007

1 What are the dates of the Second World War?

1939-1945

1612-1616

1940-1943

1939-1941
2 Where was Brecht when he wrote Mother Courage and Her Children?

Switzerland

Austria

Germany

Sweden
3 What was the theater form that Brecht founded?

In-Yer-Face Theater

Dramatic Theater

Post-War Theater

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

1937

1939

1949

1941
5 During which war is Mother Courage and Her Children set?

The Thirty Years' War

The First World War

The Crimean War

The Second World War
6 What is Mother Courage's real name?

Kattrin Haupt

Adolf Hitler

Anne Doubtfire

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

Swiss Cheese

Kattrin

Eilif

Doris Lessing
8 How did the protagonist get the nickname "Mother Courage"?

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

By driving through a bombardment to sell some moldy bread

By singing numerous difficult songs in public

By selling her cart to save her son
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 making him draw a black cross on a piece of paper

By reading his tea leaves

By seeing into the future
11 Which of Mother Courage's children works as a paymaster?

Swiss Cheese

Eilif

The Chaplain

Kattrin
12 Who played Mother Courage in the 1949 production?

Diana Quick

Diana Rigg

Judi Dench

Helene Weigel
13 How many of Mother Courage's children die by the end of the play?

Eilif and Swiss Cheese (2)

All of them (3)

Only Eilif (1)

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

Fish

Pork

Chicken

Lamb
15 What is the Cook's nickname as revealed by Yvette?

Smoked Lamb

Puff the Magic Dragon

Smoking Steven

Peter the Puff
16 What is Yvette Pottier's occupation?

Prostitute

Chaplain

Seamstress

Cook
17 What does Yvette Pottier wear that Kattrin later steals?

Hat and red high-heeled boots

Lederhosen

Scarf

Soldier's Uniform
18 How does Kattrin attempt to awake the townsfolk in Scene 11?

Banging a drum

Shouting loudly

Chopping a tree with an axe

Shooting a harquebus
19 What is Brecht's first name?

Bertholt

Bertolt

Bertie

Robert
20 When did Brecht die?

1956

1941

1950

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

Second German

First Swedish

Second Finnish

Ninth Augustan
22 What is Eilif's surname?

Lojocki

Mojocki

Nojocki

Kojocki
23 How does Courage protect her children in the first scene?

By drawing a knife on the soldiers

By lying about their places of birth

By running away in her cart

By pretending to be a soldier
24 What disability does Kattrin have?

She is deaf

She is dumb

She is blind

She cannot walk
25 How much does the Cook end up paying for Courage's capon in Scene 2?

Nine Guilders

Forty dollars

One florin

Sixty Hellers

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