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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. How many students are competing for sixty seats?
(a) Sixty-five.
(b) Sixty-seven.
(c) Sixty-three.
(d) Sixty-one.

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

3. What do the girls in Act 1, Scene 3 decide they all want one day?
(a) Husbands.
(b) Sons.
(c) Daughters.
(d) Lovers.

4. According to Moritz, what is designed to flunk out the students at their school?
(a) Personality tests.
(b) The tardiness policy.
(c) Exams.
(d) The absence policy.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is a Moritat?

3. What happened to Martha when her parents saw her with a ribbon on her nightgown?

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

5. How does Bentley describe Moritz and Melchior in relationship to each other?

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