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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act I, Scene 3 through Act I, Scene 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What in particular does Bentley highlight in his Moritat?
(a) Sex.
(b) Suicide.
(c) Politics.
(d) Brotherly love.

2. How do all the boys in Act 1, Scene 2 two know each other?
(a) Government-sanctioned parties.
(b) They are all related to each other.
(c) School.
(d) Church.

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

4. What do Melchior and Moritz talk about when they are alone in Act 1, Scene 2?
(a) Sex.
(b) God.
(c) Homework.
(d) Parents.

5. What favor does Moritz ask of Melchior in Act 1, Scene 2?
(a) He asks Melchior to visit him later that night.
(b) He asks him not to tell anyone about his ignorance.
(c) He asks him to write about sex so he may read it later.
(d) He asks Melchior to help him study.

Short Answer Questions

1. After Martha's punishment for the ribbon, how does she spend the night?

2. For how long may Wendla wear her old dress?

3. Why does Moritz commit suicide?

4. What does Melchior tell Wendla about his belief in people who enjoy doing charity work?

5. What theatrical genre is combined with tragedy as part of this play's complexity?

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