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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Moritz plead for Melchior to do?
(a) Leave the cemetery.
(b) Join him in death.
(c) Keep on living.
(d) Forget about him and Wendla.

2. What does Melchior tell Wendla about his belief in people who enjoy doing charity work?
(a) They will end up in Heaven.
(b) They will end up in Hell.
(c) They will end up disappointed.
(d) They will end up being taken advantage of.

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

4. How does Moritz's father react to his son's death?
(a) He is furious at the school.
(b) He disowns him.
(c) He is overcome with grief.
(d) He is saddened with his inability to help his son.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What has Moritz threatened to do if he cannot leave the country?

2. According to Bentley, what event in Wedekind's life influences the plot of A Children's Tragedy?

3. At the end of Act II, Scene 1, what do Melchior and Moritz wonder about?

4. What do the teachers blame as the cause of Moritz's suicide?

5. How many students are competing for sixty seats?

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