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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act II, Scene 1 through Act II, Scene 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Moritz believe about why students will flunk out of their class?
(a) He believes that students who flunk are too smart for school.
(b) He believes that the school is making the class small enough to fit in next year's classroom.
(c) He believes students who flunk are merely lazy.
(d) He believes students that are flunked are victims of class discrimination.

2. According to Bentley, what event in Wedekind's life influences the plot of A Children's Tragedy?
(a) A double suicide at the author's school.
(b) Coming out to his family.
(c) His girlfriend's miscarriage.
(d) His sister ran away from home.

3. What is a Moritat?
(a) A short poem.
(b) A postscript.
(c) A story written backwards.
(d) A short statement.

4. What picture is Hanschen addressing in Act II, Scene 3?
(a) "Daphne and the Hunters."
(b) "Aphrodite."
(c) A picture of the Pieta.
(d) "Venus."

5. What does Hanschen do to the image while in the bathroom?
(a) He throws it down the sink.
(b) He burns it.
(c) He flushes it down the toilet.
(d) He eats it.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Wendla claim about the thoughts her mother finds offensive in the first scene?

2. In Moritz's story for Melchior, how many heads does the queen have?

3. In Act II, Scene 1, what does Moritz tell Melchior he has been doing constantly?

4. What is Thanatos according to Bentley?

5. How does Moritz react when being told about sex?

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