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

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

3. How many years after the initial publication was the play performed in America?
(a) It has never been produced in America.
(b) 35.
(c) 20.
(d) 25.

4. Who is the author of the introduction to the play?
(a) Noel Coward.
(b) Frank Wedekind.
(c) Antonin Artaud.
(d) Eric Bentley.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was censored in reissues of A Children's Tragedy?

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

3. What is one of the first things presented in the introduction?

4. When was the play produced in America?

5. To whom does Bentley relate the masked man, especially in relation to summary of morality?

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