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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act I, Scene 1 through Act I, Scene 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Act 1, Scene 2, what does Moritz dream about?
(a) Dying.
(b) Sex.
(c) God.
(d) Hell.

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

3. What sort of characters are the women in A Children's Tragedy?
(a) Secondary characters.
(b) Cameos.
(c) Primary characters.
(d) Stock characters.

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

5. Who wrote A Children's Tragedy?
(a) Frank Wedekind.
(b) Bertolt Brecht.
(c) Peter DeBerg.
(d) Georg Buchner.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many students in Melchior and Moritz's class will be allowed to graduate to the next grade?

2. With whom was Wedekind finding conflict while writing his play?

3. According to Moritz, what is designed to flunk out the students at their school?

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

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

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