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

2. In what decade did Wedekind write A Children's Tragedy?
(a) 1900s.
(b) 1870s.
(c) 1880s.
(d) 1890s.

3. According to the summary, who is raped in A Children's Tragedy?
(a) Moritz.
(b) Melchior.
(c) Wendla.
(d) Thea.

4. What happened to the play after it was first printed?
(a) There were mass book-burnings for the script.
(b) It was banned in Europe.
(c) It took years to produce in the complete form.
(d) It was produced immediately and became a huge hit.

5. With whom was Wedekind finding conflict while writing his play?
(a) His lover.
(b) The government.
(c) His father.
(d) His mother.

Short Answer Questions

1. What theatrical genre is combined with tragedy as part of this play's complexity?

2. Who is the author of the introduction to the play?

3. What is the most important relationship depicted in A Children's Tragedy?

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

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

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