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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 do the boys in Act 1, Scene 2 complain about?
(a) Parents.
(b) Church.
(c) Girls.
(d) Homework.

2. In Act II, Scene 1, what does Moritz tell Melchior he has been doing constantly?
(a) Praying.
(b) Worrying.
(c) Sleeping.
(d) Studying.

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

4. What does Mrs. Bergmann wonder about Wendla in the first scene?
(a) She wonders what Wendla will look like in a few years.
(b) She wonders if Wendla is aware of her changing body.
(c) She wonders what sort of mother Wendla will make.
(d) She wonders if Wendla will survive her adolescence.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What happened to the play after it was first printed?

3. What is the reason Melchior's mother believes the boys are reading Faust?

4. In the introduction, what is NOT one of the mentioned allusions in the play?

5. Where does Moritz sneak to in Act 1, Scene 4?

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