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Marat / Sade | Quiz

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Marat / Sade | Quiz

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1)

Which what is Marat's tub filling in Scene 8? (from Act 1, Scenes 7, 8, and 9)

Filth.
Ink.
Pages.
Blood.
2)

How do the Singers say they will impart the words they cannot speak freely? (from Epilogue)

Carve them into our skin.
Breathe them in our ear.
Shout them from the rafters.
Keep them to themselves.
3)

At the beginning of the song in Scene 10, what emotion has nearly defeated Corday? (from Act 1, Scenes 10 and 11)

Weariness.
Depression.
Lovesickness.
Terror.
4)

What does Simone tell Corday to do when she sends her away in Scene 9? (from Act 1, Scenes 7, 8, and 9)

Try back later.
Never return.
Leave Paris at once.
Write Marat a letter.
5)

What are the children fighting over in the streets, according to Corday? (from Act 1, Scenes 10 and 11)

Old wigs.
Toy guillotines.
Human heads.
Coins.
6)

In Scene 13, what role did the kings hold to the people? (from Act 1, Scenes 12, 13, 14, and 15)

Messiahs.
Fathers.
Servants.
Livelihoods.
7)

Which of the following is something that Coulmier claims is absent in 1808? (from Epilogue)

Pestilence.
Social inequity.
Starvation.
Violent crimes.
8)

What is Sade doing in the final moments of the play? (from Epilogue)

Undressing.
Dancing.
Laughing.
Sleeping.
9)

How does Sade characterize the process by which Revolutionaries dole out death sentences? (from Act 1, Scenes 12, 13, 14, and 15)

Orgiastic.
Haphazard.
Soporific.
Mathematical.
10)

The song in Scene 10 details Corday's arrival in what town? (from Act 1, Scenes 10 and 11)

Avignon.
Versailles.
Paris.
Caen.
11)

Which of the following vocations is not mentioned among Sage's eight fictional artisans in Scene 24? (from Act 1, Scenes 22, 23, 24, 25, and 26)

A masseuse.
A cook.
A wine-maker.
A cobbler.
12)

From what country is the man who is brutally murdered by Sade's tailor? (from Act 1, Scenes 12, 13, 14, and 15)

Switzerland.
Austro-Hungary.
Belguim.
Germany.
13)

What device's "singing" is Corday said to have hears in Scene 10? (from Act 1, Scenes 10 and 11)

The tumbrel.
The guillotine.
The printing press.
The pipe organ.
14)

At the end of Scene 28, the Singers complain that Marat's writings have done what to France? (from Act 2, Scenes 27 and 28)

Covered it in blood.
Confused its people.
Weakened it irreparably.
Set it ablaze.
15)

What part of Marat's body does Corday she wants to see sweat as she draws her knife? (from Act 1, Scenes 7, 8, and 9)

His armpits.
His chest.
His back.
His forehead.
16)

What does Simone think she sees in the sky in Scene 21? (from Act 1, Scenes 20 and 21)

Smoke.
The hand of God.
An eclipse.
The moon.
17)

What was the subject of the suppressed work that Marat describes in Scene 28? (from Act 2, Scenes 27 and 28)

Slavery.
Death.
The soul.
Social action.
18)

According to the Herald in Scene 19, what is the most sympathetic way to be executed? (from Act 1, Scenes 16, 17, 18, and 19)

Hemlock.
The guillotine.
Cricifixion.
Burning at the stake.
19)

According to the Herald in Scene 31, what does Sade intend to show Marat before the murder? (from Act 2, Scenes 29, 30, 31, and 32)

The full conspiracy against him.
The future.
The afterlife.
Compassion.
20)

Which of the following words is not chanted by the inmates at the end of the play? (from Epilogue)

Nation.
Declaration.
Copulation.
Napoleon.
21)

With what term does Sade describe the execution of Damiens? (from Act 1, Scenes 12, 13, 14, and 15)

An exorcism.
A ritual.
A horrorshow.
A festival.
22)

How does Sade characterize his current station in the Revolution? (from Act 1, Scenes 20 and 21)

Observor.
Victim.
Collaborator.
Leader.
23)

What was the former profession of the interrupting patient in Scene 14? (from Act 1, Scenes 12, 13, 14, and 15)

A diplomat.
A military attache.
An abbot.
A surgeon.
24)

In the Singers' Scene 21 song, what has just been destroyed? (from Act 1, Scenes 20 and 21)

Marat's front door.
The central guillotine scaffold.
Marat's printing press.
Corday's carriage.
25)

Where does Corday tell Simone that Marat's enemies are gathering in Scene 9? (from Act 1, Scenes 7, 8, and 9)

Caen.
Bordeaux.
Versailles.
Somme.
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