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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. How is Melchior permitted to answer questions in Act III, Scene 1?
(a) True or false.
(b) Written answers only.
(c) Yes and no.
(d) Nodding or shaking his head.

2. What explanation does Mrs. Bergmann give to Wendla's question in Act II, Scene 2?
(a) Babies come from the church.
(b) Babies come from women loving their husbands.
(c) Babies come from sex.
(d) Babies come from women praying very hard for one.

3. What is the most important relationship depicted in A Children's Tragedy?
(a) The bond between Moritz and his father.
(b) Melchior and Wendla's relationship.
(c) Ilsa and Moritz's near romance.
(d) The friendship between Moritz and Melchior.

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

5. What was censored in reissues of A Children's Tragedy?
(a) Any words that were not German.
(b) Words alluding to the political unrest.
(c) Sexual words.
(d) Any unflattering references to the adult figures.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Hanschen admit to himself at the end of Act II, Scene 3?

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

3. How does Hanschen feel about the painting?

4. For how long may Wendla wear her old dress?

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

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