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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. At the end of Scene 5, the Herald announces that unrest has been replace by what?
(a) Famine.
(b) Peace.
(c) Discontent.
(d) Hopelessness.

2. What mental affliction does the actor playing Marat have?
(a) Erotomania.
(b) Paranoia.
(c) Schizephrenia.
(d) Manic depression.

3. What do the assembled inmates do in Scene 3?
(a) Dance.
(b) Assume a pose.
(c) Beat the floor.
(d) Sit quietly.

4. In what French town is the play's asylum located?
(a) Bergerac.
(b) Caen.
(c) Lille.
(d) Charenton.

5. Who is attending Corday in the first scene of the play?
(a) Two male nurses.
(b) Sade.
(c) Two sisters.
(d) Marat.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Scene 5, Kokol quips to Marat that Paris facing a shortage of what?

2. What is the basis for all life, according to Sade's works?

3. Who stops Corday from prematurely murdering Marat in Scene 9?

4. In Scene 14, which prayer does a patient recite in a perverse form?

5. Which character's name does the Heral mention appearing on Marat's black list in Scene 4?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Scene 28, how do the Singers tell Marat he could avoid his death?

2. Who is present on behalf of the asylum to oversee the Patients?

3. What are Marat's grievances in his imaginary session with the imaginary National Assembly of Scene 27?

4. How does Corday prepare to murder Marat in Scene 10?

5. Why does Sade feel the need to write horrific stories of aristocrats while in the Bastille?

6. What interrupts the murder of Marat in Scene 31?

7. What does Sade say in Scene 24 to appease Coulmier?

8. What is the execution of Damiens and what does it signify to Sade?

9. How does Coulmier characterize the asylum in Scene 2?

10. What is the role of the audience in the play?

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