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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. 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.

2. How wide is Moritz's knowledge of maturation?
(a) He knows more about sex than the rest of his class.
(b) He has already had sex.
(c) He is completely ignorant.
(d) He has read a book with a sex scene.

3. What does Wendla claim about the thoughts her mother finds offensive in the first scene?
(a) She says they come to her at night.
(b) She says that she overhears her mother expressing these thoughts.
(c) She says her sister tells her these thoughts.
(d) She says she hears the girls at school expressing similar thoughts.

4. What explanation does Mrs. Bergmann give to Wendla's question in Act II, Scene 2?
(a) Babies come from the church.
(b) Babies come from sex.
(c) Babies come from women praying very hard for one.
(d) Babies come from women loving their husbands.

5. In Act 1, Scene 2, what does Moritz dream about?
(a) Sex.
(b) Dying.
(c) Hell.
(d) God.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Bentley believe is the inspiration for the characters of Mr. and Mrs. Gabor?

2. What does Moritz believe about why students will flunk out of their class?

3. Why does Moritz commit suicide?

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

5. What is Thanatos according to Bentley?

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