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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. Why does Moritz commit suicide?
(a) He believes he is gay.
(b) He gets Ilsa pregnant.
(c) He feels responsible for Wendla's abortion.
(d) He has been held back in school.

2. What was the result of Wedekind's conflicts while writing?
(a) He left home.
(b) He moved into a commune for artists.
(c) He left the country.
(d) He left his position within the government.

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

4. Ultimately, what does Bentley suggest about the masked man?
(a) He is Moritz's father.
(b) He is Melchior's inner child.
(c) He is a father's voice from Melchior's subconscious.
(d) He is the voice of Melchior's conscience.

5. What did people find so offensive about A Children's Tragedy when it was first written?
(a) The sexual content.
(b) Wedekind's sexuality.
(c) The criticism of Germany's role in Hitler's rise to power.
(d) Wedekind's political alliances.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does Bentley describe Moritz and Melchior in relationship to each other?

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

4. In the most sexual scene of the play, what is alluded to heavily?

5. What is Eros according to Bentley?

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