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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Ten Notes: 6, God the Father, Father the God through 10, The Question of Style.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is interesting about realism and expressionism in regards to this play?
(a) The play ignores both styles and mocks them in absurdism.
(b) The play mixes both of them together.
(c) The play makes a clear stand against realism.
(d) The play makes a clear stand against expressionism.

2. What in particular does Bentley highlight in his Moritat?
(a) Sex.
(b) Suicide.
(c) Brotherly love.
(d) Politics.

3. In the brief summary given in the introduction, what concept is Melchior struggling with?
(a) Political unrest.
(b) Morality.
(c) Nationality.
(d) Sexual preference.

4. Why does Wendla die?
(a) She is taken into custody and dies in prison.
(b) Abortion pills.
(c) She is murdered to cover up her rape.
(d) Suicide.

5. What is Eros according to Bentley?
(a) Romantic love.
(b) An instinct for life.
(c) Sexual love.
(d) An instinct for death.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a Moritat?

2. According to the summary, who is raped in A Children's Tragedy?

3. In what form does the play begin?

4. Because of the objectionable content of the play, what did Wedekind have to do for the play to be printed?

5. Despite the complexity of A Children's Tragedy what striking aspect is the most widely known about this play?

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