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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 do the teachers blame as the cause of Moritz's suicide?
(a) His emotionally abusive father.
(b) The pressure from school.
(c) Melchior's suicide pact.
(d) Melchior's paper that explains sex.

2. 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.

3. What happened to the play after it was first printed?
(a) It was banned in Europe.
(b) There were mass book-burnings for the script.
(c) It was produced immediately and became a huge hit.
(d) It took years to produce in the complete form.

4. How does Moritz discover the information in Act 1, Scene 4 that cheers him up?
(a) He overhears his teacher talking to another professor about him.
(b) He asks his teacher.
(c) He looks his name up in the teacher's book.
(d) He asks the teacher's assistant for help.

5. Despite thinking of Melchior, what does Moritz resolve to do?
(a) Drop out of school.
(b) Join the church.
(c) Run away.
(d) Commit suicide.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Moritz admit to considering if he flunks?

2. Why is Moritz devastated in Act II, Scene 5?

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

4. In the Act II, Scene 2, what event has occurred within Wendla's family?

5. What girl is walking home with Wendla and Martha in Act 1, Scene 3?

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