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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) Romantic love.
(b) A drive towards life.
(c) Driving towards death.
(d) Sexual love.

2. According to the summary, who is raped in A Children's Tragedy?
(a) Thea.
(b) Moritz.
(c) Wendla.
(d) Melchior.

3. What sort of story is A Children's Tragedy?
(a) Coming-of-age.
(b) Theater of Cruelty.
(c) Absurdism.
(d) Morality play.

4. Ultimately, what does Bentley suggest about the masked man?
(a) He is Moritz's father.
(b) He is Melchior's inner child.
(c) He is the voice of Melchior's conscience.
(d) He is a father's voice from Melchior's subconscious.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In what form does the play begin?

3. According to the masked man, what is morality?

4. In the brief summary given in the introduction, what concept is Melchior struggling with?

5. What is considered the most sexual scene in A Children's Tragedy?

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