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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. How does Bentley describe Moritz and Melchior in relationship to each other?
(a) The result of one person's love not being reciprocated.
(b) Extremely alike.
(c) A surrogate fatherly relationship.
(d) Complete opposites.

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

3. During what war was the play suppressed in Germany?
(a) Vietnam War.
(b) World War I.
(c) World War II.
(d) Korean War.

4. What did people find so offensive about A Children's Tragedy when it was first written?
(a) The criticism of Germany's role in Hitler's rise to power.
(b) Wedekind's political alliances.
(c) The sexual content.
(d) Wedekind's sexuality.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote A Children's Tragedy?

2. What is Eros according to Bentley?

3. What is a Moritat?

4. In the introduction, what is NOT one of the mentioned allusions in the play?

5. How many years after the initial publication was the play performed in America?

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