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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. How does Act II end?
(a) Moritz prepares to kill himself.
(b) Moritz pleads with God for help.
(c) Moritz walks in on Melchior and Wendla.
(d) Moritz follows Ilsa home.

2. What form does the play evolve into?
(a) Realism.
(b) Expressionism.
(c) Experimental.
(d) Absurdism.

3. How does Melchior feel about people who end up in Hell because they do not enjoy visiting the poor?
(a) It is through no fault of their own.
(b) It is the Church's fault.
(c) It is entirely their fault.
(d) It is society's fault for putting the pressure on them.

4. What does Melchior do to Wendla at the end of Act II, Scene 4?
(a) He runs away with her.
(b) He takes her home.
(c) He rapes her.
(d) He beats her.

5. What do the girls in Act 1, Scene 3 decide they all want one day?
(a) Lovers.
(b) Sons.
(c) Daughters.
(d) Husbands.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are Melchior's implied actions when Wendla finds him in Act II, scene 4?

2. What is Thanatos according to Bentley?

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

4. What is the most important relationship depicted in A Children's Tragedy?

5. What information does Moritz discover in Act 1, Scene 4 that cheers him up?

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