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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What fantasy does Wendla admit to having to Melchior?
(a) Running away.
(b) Marrying Melchior.
(c) Being beaten.
(d) Having sex.

2. How does Moritz discover the information in Act 1, Scene 4 that cheers him up?
(a) He looks his name up in the teacher's book.
(b) He asks his teacher.
(c) He overhears his teacher talking to another professor about him.
(d) He asks the teacher's assistant for help.

3. Where does Act II, Scene 4 take place?
(a) Hayloft.
(b) Church.
(c) Wendla's bedroom.
(d) Riverbank.

4. According to the other boys, whose name is still on the list for consideration to be promoted?
(a) Melchior.
(b) Ernst Robel.
(c) Gunther.
(d) Hanschel.

5. In the Act II, Scene 2, what event has occurred within Wendla's family?
(a) Wendla's father dies.
(b) Wendla's sister is arrested for prostitution.
(c) Her sister has died in childbirth.
(d) Her sister has had a baby.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Wendla's reaction when Melchior tries to force her away from him?

2. How was the rape scene censored in reissues of A Children's Tragedy?

3. Why is Moritz concerned about another boy's standing in his class?

4. Despite thinking of Melchior, what does Moritz resolve to do?

5. What is considered the most sexual scene in A Children's Tragedy?

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