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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the other boys, whose name is still on the list for consideration to be promoted?
(a) Ernst Robel.
(b) Gunther.
(c) Melchior.
(d) Hanschel.

2. In what way is the love between Moritz and Melchior described?
(a) Co-dependent.
(b) Romantic.
(c) Fraternal.
(d) Unhealthy.

3. In what form does the play begin?
(a) Realism.
(b) Expressionism.
(c) Absurdism.
(d) Experimental.

4. What happened to Martha when her parents saw her with a ribbon on her nightgown?
(a) They forced her to remove the ribbon.
(b) They tore off her ribbon.
(c) They tore off her nightgown.
(d) They forced her to wear a burlap sack.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What favor does Moritz ask of Melchior in Act 1, Scene 2?

3. What does Moritz believe about why students will flunk out of their class?

4. Where does Act 1, Scene 5 take place?

5. What is Eros according to Bentley?

Short Essay Questions

1. What appears to be a key difference between Melchior and Moritz in their first scene together?

2. What conflicts does Bentley discuss were essential to Wedekind during the writing of "Spring Awakening"? Why?

3. What does Moritz believe is the purpose of his school's exams?

4. What is significant about the number sixty in relation to Moritz?

5. Why is this play described as "coming-of-age?"

6. How do Mrs. Bergmann and Wendla deal with the girl's maturation in Act I, Scene 1?

7. What is the purpose of the Moritat in the introduction?

8. How does the introduction of this play describe Eros and Thanatos?

9. What thought does Wendla have that offends her mother? Where does it come from?

10. Why was this play frequently repressed after the initial publication?

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