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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. During what war was the play suppressed in Germany?
(a) Korean War.
(b) World War II.
(c) World War I.
(d) Vietnam War.

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

3. During what war was the play censored in Germany?
(a) World War I.
(b) Vietnam War.
(c) Korean War.
(d) World War II.

4. According to the masked man, what is morality?
(a) What the government says should be done.
(b) A made-up concept to keep people in line.
(c) A fallacy of "doing good."
(d) A mixture of what people think should be done and what they want to do.

5. To whom does Bentley relate the masked man, especially in relation to summary of morality?
(a) Wedekind.
(b) Brecht.
(c) Goethe.
(d) Faust.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Eros according to Bentley?

2. What is interesting about realism and expressionism in regards to this play?

3. With whom was Wedekind finding conflict while writing his play?

4. What is Thanatos according to Bentley?

5. What is a Moritat?

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