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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act II, Scene 4 through Act II, Scene 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the most sexual scene of the play, what is alluded to heavily?
(a) The Bible.
(b) Goethe.
(c) Brecht.
(d) Faust.

2. What is considered the most sexual scene in A Children's Tragedy?
(a) Ilsa's attraction to Moritz.
(b) Wendla's rape.
(c) The masturbation scene in the reformatory.
(d) Melchior explaining sex to Moritz.

3. What fantasy does Wendla admit to having to Melchior?
(a) Being beaten.
(b) Having sex.
(c) Running away.
(d) Marrying Melchior.

4. What does Melchior tell Wendla about his belief in people who enjoy doing charity work?
(a) They will end up being taken advantage of.
(b) They will end up in Heaven.
(c) They will end up disappointed.
(d) They will end up in Hell.

5. In what form does the play begin?
(a) Experimental.
(b) Realism.
(c) Expressionism.
(d) Absurdism.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Bentley describe Moritz and Melchior in relationship to each other?

2. What sort of characters are the women in A Children's Tragedy?

3. According to Bentley, what group of people does not like this play?

4. What does Melchior start to do to Wendla when she begins to object in Act II, Scene 4?

5. According to Mrs. Gabor, what favor is she unable to perform for Moritz?

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