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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act II, Scene 4 through Act II, Scene 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What has Moritz threatened to do if he cannot leave the country?
(a) Run away to a new city.
(b) Kill his parents.
(c) Commit suicide.
(d) Renounce God.

2. 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 students who flunk are too smart for school.
(c) He believes students that are flunked are victims of class discrimination.
(d) He believes that the school is making the class small enough to fit in next year's classroom.

3. During what war was the play censored in Germany?
(a) Vietnam War.
(b) Korean War.
(c) World War II.
(d) World War I.

4. What does Wendla claim about the thoughts her mother finds offensive in the first scene?
(a) She says they come to her at night.
(b) She says her sister tells her these thoughts.
(c) She says that she overhears her mother expressing these thoughts.
(d) She says she hears the girls at school expressing similar thoughts.

5. What situation was Ilsa in that her friends bailed her out of?
(a) Pregnancy.
(b) She was nearly raped.
(c) She was arrested.
(d) She was kidnapped.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the summary, who is raped in A Children's Tragedy?

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

3. What form does the play evolve into?

4. According to Mrs. Gabor, what favor is she unable to perform for Moritz?

5. How does Act II end?

(see the answer key)

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