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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 do Martha's parents treat her?
(a) They coddle her.
(b) They spoil her.
(c) They treat her better than the other parents treat their children.
(d) They abuse her.

2. In what decade did Wedekind write A Children's Tragedy?
(a) 1900s.
(b) 1880s.
(c) 1870s.
(d) 1890s.

3. What does Melchior initially believe about people who do good works?
(a) He believes they are half-mad.
(b) He believes they do it to relieve guilt.
(c) He believes it is for their own benefit.
(d) He believes they will go to Heaven.

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

5. What does Moritz believe about why students will flunk out of their class?
(a) He believes students who flunk are merely lazy.
(b) He believes that the school is making the class small enough to fit in next year's classroom.
(c) He believes that students who flunk are too smart for school.
(d) He believes students that are flunked are victims of class discrimination.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Wendla's mother doing to her daughter's dress in the beginning of the play?

2. In their first encounter, what question does Melchior pose to Wendla?

3. Who keeps Melchior from committing suicide?

4. While Wedekind wrote his play, what were people questioning?

5. Where does Moritz sneak to in Act 1, Scene 4?

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