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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is saying Yvette is sick?

2. What does Mother Courage compare mixing the slips of paper in the helmet to?

3. Why is Mother Courage angry with Eilif after he attacks the peasants?

4. What does the chaplain call Kattrin?

5. How much does the cook end up buying the capon for?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Mother Courage so protective of her soldiers' shirts?

2. What is Mother Courage's advice to the young soldier about anger and injustice?

3. Why does Mother Courage continue to talk with the sergeant and recruiting officer even though they are trying to recruit her sons into the army?

4. Has Mother Courage learned anything by the end of the play?

5. Is "nothing sacred" to Kattrin in the lieutenant's opinion?

6. What is the cook's grievance with the chaplain?

7. How does Mother Courage feel about her daughter, Kattrin?

8. Are the peasants hypocrites?

9. In Scene 6, how does the chaplain begin to see Mother Courage?

10. What compels Kattrin to climb to the roof?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

There can be a fine line between lie and delusion in "Mother Courage".

Part 1: What are characters' relationships with lying and deceit?

Part 2: What are characters' relationships with delusions?

Part 3: What are the cause and effect relationships between these two? What connects them? What is Brecht's purpose in this?

Essay Topic 2

Motherhood is one of the defining traits of Mother Courage's character. How does "motherhood" function in "Mother Courage and Her Children"?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the dynamic of men vs. women and family versus solitude in "Mother Courage".

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