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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 Melchior's relationship to Moritz?
(a) They are enemies.
(b) They are lovers.
(c) They are brothers.
(d) They are best friends.

2. What form does the play evolve into?
(a) Expressionism.
(b) Absurdism.
(c) Realism.
(d) Experimental.

3. According to Bentley, what event in Wedekind's life influences the plot of A Children's Tragedy?
(a) His girlfriend's miscarriage.
(b) His sister ran away from home.
(c) A double suicide at the author's school.
(d) Coming out to his family.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did people find so offensive about A Children's Tragedy when it was first written?

2. How many years after the initial publication was the play performed in America?

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

4. What happened to the play after it was first printed?

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

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