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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 is interesting about realism and expressionism in regards to this play?
(a) The play ignores both styles and mocks them in absurdism.
(b) The play mixes both of them together.
(c) The play makes a clear stand against realism.
(d) The play makes a clear stand against expressionism.

2. How many students in Melchior and Moritz's class will be allowed to graduate to the next grade?
(a) Seventy.
(b) Fifty.
(c) Forty.
(d) Sixty.

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

4. What do the girls in Act 1, Scene 3 decide they all want one day?
(a) Daughters.
(b) Husbands.
(c) Lovers.
(d) Sons.

5. What errand has Wendla been sent on in Act 1, Scene 5?
(a) She is to gather plants for her mother.
(b) She is to gather mushrooms for her mother.
(c) She is to gather wood for her father.
(d) She is to gather flowers for her sister.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Melchior and Moritz talk about when they are alone in Act 1, Scene 2?

2. What sort of characters are the women in A Children's Tragedy?

3. Who is the artist of Hanschen's picture in Act II, Scene 3?

4. What did people find so offensive about A Children's Tragedy when it was first written?

5. During what war was the play censored in Germany?

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