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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. Why does Wendla complain about her new dress?
(a) She feels it is too revealing of her figure.
(b) She feels it is too long and shapeless.
(c) She feels it is too short.
(d) She feels it is too childish.

2. What sort of story is A Children's Tragedy?
(a) Coming-of-age.
(b) Morality play.
(c) Theater of Cruelty.
(d) Absurdism.

3. How many students in Melchior and Moritz's class will be allowed to graduate to the next grade?
(a) Fifty.
(b) Sixty.
(c) Seventy.
(d) Forty.

4. Ultimately, what does Bentley suggest about the masked man?
(a) He is Melchior's inner child.
(b) He is the voice of Melchior's conscience.
(c) He is a father's voice from Melchior's subconscious.
(d) He is Moritz's father.

5. In the first scene, what does Wendla wonder about her future?
(a) She wonders what she will look like in a few years.
(b) She wonders if she will make it to adulthood.
(c) She wonders what sort of husband she will have.
(d) She wonders what sort of mother she will make.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do all the boys in Act 1, Scene 2 two know each other?

2. What favor does Moritz ask of Melchior in Act 1, Scene 2?

3. In Act 1, Scene 2, what does Moritz dream about?

4. In what way is the love between Moritz and Melchior described?

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

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