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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act III, Scene 1 through Act III, Scene 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Wendla ask of Melchior at the end of Act 1?
(a) She asks him to make love to her.
(b) She asks him if he would want to marry her one day.
(c) She asks him to beat her.
(d) She asks him to run away to Berlin with her.

3. What does Moritz debate as being worth staying alive for?
(a) Experiencing sex.
(b) Marriage.
(c) Melchior's friendship.
(d) His family.

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

5. In their first encounter, what question does Melchior pose to Wendla?
(a) He asks if she understands sex.
(b) He asks if she likes him.
(c) He asks if she enjoys visiting poor people.
(d) He asks if she believes in God.

Short Answer Questions

1. What errand has Wendla been sent on in Act 1, Scene 5?

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

3. With whom was Wedekind finding conflict while writing his play?

4. What is the reason Melchior's mother believes the boys are reading Faust?

5. According to the adults at the graveyard, what was wrong with Moritz?

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