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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. What is Hanschen doing in the bathroom in Act II, Scene 3?
(a) Masturbating.
(b) Sleeping.
(c) Bathing.
(d) Reading.

2. In Act II, Scene 1, what does Moritz tell Melchior he has been doing constantly?
(a) Sleeping.
(b) Worrying.
(c) Studying.
(d) Praying.

3. How does Act II end?
(a) Moritz walks in on Melchior and Wendla.
(b) Moritz prepares to kill himself.
(c) Moritz pleads with God for help.
(d) Moritz follows Ilsa home.

4. How does Melchior plan to escape from the reformatory?
(a) Hiding in the farmer's hay wagon.
(b) Climbing to the roof.
(c) Through the cellar.
(d) Through the windows.

5. Whom does Melchior leave with at the end of the play?
(a) His mother.
(b) Moritz.
(c) Wendla.
(d) The masked man.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Mrs. Gabor defend Melchior after Moritz's death?

2. Who is the only person to defend Melchior in the scene with all the teachers?

3. Where does Act II, Scene 7 take place?

4. How does Melchior defend himself against his professors?

5. What is revealed about Wendla after the doctor's visit?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe what happens in the hayloft when Wendla first enters.

2. Why does Hanschen claim he needs to destroy the picture? How does this represent the views of the town?

3. What claims does the masked man make to Melchior and Moritz?

4. What is Hanschen's relationship to "Venus?"

5. How does Rentier Stiefel react to Moritz's death?

6. What advice and favor does Mrs. Gabor offer to Moritz?

7. How does Mrs. Bergmann explain sex to Wendla after Ina has a baby?

8. Describe the scene between Ernst and Hanschel.

9. What favor has Moritz asked of Mrs. Gabor? What does he admit to her?

10. What philosophy does Melchior claim to believe? What action follows in the hayloft?

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