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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. Because of the objectionable content of the play, what did Wedekind have to do for the play to be printed?
(a) Pay for publication himself.
(b) Agree to a free commission of another play for the publisher.
(c) Marry the daughter of a publisher.
(d) Write out every script used for the first performance.

2. What is Thanatos according to Bentley?
(a) Romantic love.
(b) Sexual love.
(c) Driving towards death.
(d) A drive towards life.

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

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

5. Why does Moritz commit suicide?
(a) He feels responsible for Wendla's abortion.
(b) He has been held back in school.
(c) He believes he is gay.
(d) He gets Ilsa pregnant.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What sort of story is A Children's Tragedy?

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

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

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

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