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

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

3. What is a Moritat?
(a) A postscript.
(b) A story written backwards.
(c) A short statement.
(d) A short poem.

4. During what war was the play censored in Germany?
(a) Vietnam War.
(b) World War I.
(c) Korean War.
(d) World War II.

5. What in particular does Bentley highlight in his Moritat?
(a) Brotherly love.
(b) Suicide.
(c) Sex.
(d) Politics.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Bentley, what group of people does not like this play?

2. In what form does the play begin?

3. Who keeps Melchior from committing suicide?

4. What is the function of the Moritat in the introduction?

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

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