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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Ten Notes: 6, God the Father, Father the God through 10, The Question of Style.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. With whom was Wedekind finding conflict while writing his play?
(a) The government.
(b) His father.
(c) His lover.
(d) His mother.

2. What is considered the most sexual scene in A Children's Tragedy?
(a) Ilsa's attraction to Moritz.
(b) Melchior explaining sex to Moritz.
(c) Wendla's rape.
(d) The masturbation scene in the reformatory.

3. What is a Moritat?
(a) A short poem.
(b) A postscript.
(c) A story written backwards.
(d) A short statement.

4. What sort of characters are the women in A Children's Tragedy?
(a) Cameos.
(b) Stock characters.
(c) Secondary characters.
(d) Primary characters.

5. In the brief summary given in the introduction, what concept is Melchior struggling with?
(a) Political unrest.
(b) Morality.
(c) Nationality.
(d) Sexual preference.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Bentley describe Moritz and Melchior in relationship to each other?

2. In the most sexual scene of the play, what is alluded to heavily?

3. What is the most important relationship depicted in A Children's Tragedy?

4. Why does Moritz commit suicide?

5. What was censored in reissues of A Children's Tragedy?

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