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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Kattrin react when the peasants tell her there are children in town?
(a) She is happy.
(b) She grows hysterical.
(c) She is indifferent.
(d) She is troubled.

2. Why won't they ring bells for the commander's funeral?
(a) He doesn't deserve them.
(b) They destroyed the bells.
(c) Bells sound too celebratory.
(d) He hated bells.

3. Instead of bells, what will there be at the commander's funeral?
(a) Song.
(b) Drums.
(c) Live music.
(d) Gun shots.

4. The peasant woman calls Kattrin a ______ when she tells her to stop drumming.
(a) Coward.
(b) Hero.
(c) Fool.
(d) Beast.

5. What is the background noise at the beginning of Scene 12?
(a) Troops drums.
(b) Gunfire.
(c) Crying families.
(d) Peasants' songs.

6. Why should the cook talk quietly when he is talking to Mother Courage about the inn?
(a) Because he has an annoying voice.
(b) Because Kattrin is trying to sleep.
(c) So he doesn't wake the parson.
(d) So Kattrin can't hear him.

7. A peasant claims Kattrin would still be alive if ____________.
(a) Mother Courage hadn't gone to town.
(b) They hadn't told her about the children.
(c) The soldiers hadn't come.
(d) Eilif was still alive.

8. What does the cook call the chaplain when they fight over Mother Courage?
(a) A hero.
(b) A stud.
(c) A fool.
(d) A windbag.

9. What prayer do the peasants pray when the soldiers are threatening them in their farmhouse?
(a) Our Father.
(b) Hail Mary.
(c) Hallelujah.
(d) The Forgiveness Song.

10. The soldiers threaten Kattrin by saying if she doesn't stop her commotion they will smash ______.
(a) Her wagon.
(b) A clock.
(c) The house.
(d) Her supplies.

11. What is Mother Courage doing while she talks to the chaplain at the beginning of Scene 6?
(a) Counting inventory.
(b) Cooking dinner.
(c) Cleaning.
(d) Braiding Kattrin's hair.

12. What is Mother Courage's last line?
(a) "All's well that ends well".
(b) "Nothing can stop me".
(c) "Back to business."
(d) "Take me with you".

13. What does Mother Courage not know at the end of the play?
(a) She is a wanted woman.
(b) She is sick.
(c) Her home's been destroyed.
(d) Eilif is dead.

14. Who passes by the farmhouse and Mother Courage follows and exits for the last time?
(a) A man she recognizes.
(b) Some priests.
(c) A family.
(d) A regiment.

15. Mother Courage claims that Kattrin would still be alive if the peasants hadn't told her about _______.
(a) The children.
(b) The drum.
(c) Eilif's death.
(d) The food.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the commander die?

2. Why won't the clerk go to the commander's funeral?

3. Why won't the young peasant help the soldiers in Scene 11?

4. What does it mean that there are no lights on in the parson's house?

5. How does Mother Courage see the chaplain?

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