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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 do Moritz's classmates speculate as the method of suicide?
(a) Cutting his own throat.
(b) Hanging.
(c) Shooting.
(d) Drowning.

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

3. What is considered the most sexual scene in A Children's Tragedy?
(a) Melchior explaining sex to Moritz.
(b) Wendla's rape.
(c) The masturbation scene in the reformatory.
(d) Ilsa's attraction to Moritz.

4. What do Melchior and Moritz talk about when they are alone in Act 1, Scene 2?
(a) Parents.
(b) God.
(c) Sex.
(d) Homework.

5. Why does Melchior try to force Wendla to leave him alone when she comes looking for him in Act II, Scene 4?
(a) He is depressed and wants to be left alone.
(b) He is angry with her.
(c) He is afraid.
(d) He is embarrassed.

Short Answer Questions

1. What sort of story is A Children's Tragedy?

2. What does Moritz do when he walks Ilsa home?

3. What do the girls in Act 1, Scene 3 decide they all want one day?

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

5. What explanation does Mrs. Bergmann give to Wendla's question in Act II, Scene 2?

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