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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act I, Scene 1 through Act I, Scene 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the author of the introduction to the play?
(a) Antonin Artaud.
(b) Frank Wedekind.
(c) Noel Coward.
(d) Eric Bentley.

2. What theatrical genre is combined with tragedy as part of this play's complexity?
(a) Absurdism.
(b) Theater of cruelty.
(c) Theater of the poor.
(d) Comedy.

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

4. What is the most important relationship depicted in A Children's Tragedy?
(a) Melchior and Wendla's relationship.
(b) Ilsa and Moritz's near romance.
(c) The bond between Moritz and his father.
(d) The friendship between Moritz and Melchior.

5. Because of the objectionable content of the play, what did Wedekind have to do for the play to be printed?
(a) Agree to a free commission of another play for the publisher.
(b) Write out every script used for the first performance.
(c) Pay for publication himself.
(d) Marry the daughter of a publisher.

Short Answer Questions

1. How wide is Moritz's knowledge of maturation?

2. Where does Act 1, Scene 2 take place?

3. While Wedekind wrote his play, what were people questioning?

4. What did people find so offensive about A Children's Tragedy when it was first written?

5. In what way is the love between Moritz and Melchior described?

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