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

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

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

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

5. What was censored in reissues of A Children's Tragedy?
(a) Any unflattering references to the adult figures.
(b) Sexual words.
(c) Words alluding to the political unrest.
(d) Any words that were not German.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Bentley, what event in Wedekind's life influences the plot of A Children's Tragedy?

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

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

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

5. In what form does the play begin?

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