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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. According to Bentley, what group of people does not like this play?
(a) Abstinence-only groups.
(b) Feminists.
(c) Environmentalists.
(d) Libertarians.

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

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

4. When was the play produced in America?
(a) 1907.
(b) 1927.
(c) 1917.
(d) 1897.

5. According to Bentley's analysis, who may NOT be the masked figure at the end of the play?
(a) Satan.
(b) Goethe.
(c) God.
(d) Life.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Eros according to Bentley?

2. Ultimately, what does Bentley suggest about the masked man?

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

4. During what war was the play suppressed in Germany?

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

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