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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 the function of the Moritat in the introduction?
(a) Highlights the absurdities and fantastic elements of the play.
(b) Highlights the subtleties of the play.
(c) Highlights the political undertones of the play.
(d) Highlights the salacious points of the play.

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

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

4. In the most sexual scene of the play, what is alluded to heavily?
(a) Faust.
(b) Brecht.
(c) The Bible.
(d) Goethe.

5. Who wrote A Children's Tragedy?
(a) Bertolt Brecht.
(b) Frank Wedekind.
(c) Georg Buchner.
(d) Peter DeBerg.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Thanatos according to Bentley?

2. In the brief summary given in the introduction, what concept is Melchior struggling with?

3. What form does the play evolve into?

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

5. According to Bentley's analysis, who may NOT be the masked figure at the end of the play?

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