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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act I, Scene 3 through Act I, Scene 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the introduction, what is NOT one of the mentioned allusions in the play?
(a) Faust.
(b) The Bible.
(c) Goethe.
(d) Brecht.

2. To whom does Bentley relate the masked man, especially in relation to summary of morality?
(a) Faust.
(b) Wedekind.
(c) Goethe.
(d) Brecht.

3. What theatrical genre is combined with tragedy as part of this play's complexity?
(a) Comedy.
(b) Theater of cruelty.
(c) Absurdism.
(d) Theater of the poor.

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

5. How does Bentley describe Moritz and Melchior in relationship to each other?
(a) A surrogate fatherly relationship.
(b) Complete opposites.
(c) Extremely alike.
(d) The result of one person's love not being reciprocated.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is Melchior's relationship to Moritz?

3. After Martha's punishment for the ribbon, how does she spend the night?

4. According to the masked man, what is morality?

5. Why does Wendla die?

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