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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. What is Thanatos according to Bentley?
(a) Driving towards death.
(b) Sexual love.
(c) Romantic love.
(d) A drive towards life.

2. What is Eros according to Bentley?
(a) An instinct for life.
(b) Sexual love.
(c) An instinct for death.
(d) Romantic love.

3. What is Melchior's relationship to Moritz?
(a) They are brothers.
(b) They are enemies.
(c) They are lovers.
(d) They are best friends.

4. In what country does A Children's Tragedy take place?
(a) Italy.
(b) Austria.
(c) France.
(d) Germany.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Bentley's analysis, who may NOT be the masked figure at the end of the play?

2. In what form does the play begin?

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

4. What happened to the play after it was first printed?

5. What in particular does Bentley highlight in his Moritat?

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