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

2. 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.

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

4. How do all the boys in Act 1, Scene 2 two know each other?
(a) Church.
(b) Government-sanctioned parties.
(c) They are all related to each other.
(d) School.

5. What is considered the most sexual scene in A Children's Tragedy?
(a) Wendla's rape.
(b) Ilsa's attraction to Moritz.
(c) Melchior explaining sex to Moritz.
(d) The masturbation scene in the reformatory.

Short Answer Questions

1. What information does Moritz discover in Act 1, Scene 4 that cheers him up?

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

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

4. How many students in Melchior and Moritz's class will be allowed to graduate to the next grade?

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

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