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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the result of Wedekind's conflicts while writing?
(a) He left his position within the government.
(b) He left the country.
(c) He moved into a commune for artists.
(d) He left home.

2. Who wrote A Children's Tragedy?
(a) Bertolt Brecht.
(b) Georg Buchner.
(c) Peter DeBerg.
(d) Frank Wedekind.

3. How must Martha always wear her hair?
(a) In a bun.
(b) Short.
(c) Loose.
(d) Braids.

4. What happened to Martha when her parents saw her with a ribbon on her nightgown?
(a) They forced her to remove the ribbon.
(b) They forced her to wear a burlap sack.
(c) They tore off her nightgown.
(d) They tore off her ribbon.

5. For how long may Wendla wear her old dress?
(a) One more year.
(b) One more month.
(c) One more summer.
(d) One more week.

6. How many students are competing for sixty seats?
(a) Sixty-one.
(b) Sixty-three.
(c) Sixty-five.
(d) Sixty-seven.

7. Why does Moritz commit suicide?
(a) He believes he is gay.
(b) He gets Ilsa pregnant.
(c) He has been held back in school.
(d) He feels responsible for Wendla's abortion.

8. Why is Mrs. Bergmann concerned about Wendla's dress?
(a) It is too short for her.
(b) It is too shapeless on her.
(c) It is too adult for her.
(d) It is too long on her.

9. What are Melchior, Moritz, and the boys doing outside in Act 1, Scene 2?
(a) Digging holes.
(b) Singing.
(c) Playing.
(d) Studying.

10. 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 took years to produce in the complete form.
(d) It was produced immediately and became a huge hit.

11. What did people find so offensive about A Children's Tragedy when it was first written?
(a) Wedekind's sexuality.
(b) The sexual content.
(c) Wedekind's political alliances.
(d) The criticism of Germany's role in Hitler's rise to power.

12. According to Moritz, what is designed to flunk out the students at their school?
(a) Exams.
(b) The tardiness policy.
(c) The absence policy.
(d) Personality tests.

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

14. What in particular does Bentley highlight in his Moritat?
(a) Suicide.
(b) Sex.
(c) Politics.
(d) Brotherly love.

15. How do Martha's parents treat her?
(a) They treat her better than the other parents treat their children.
(b) They coddle her.
(c) They abuse her.
(d) They spoil her.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. According to the other boys, whose name is still on the list for consideration to be promoted?

3. What excuse does Moritz give in order to escape the discussion about sex?

4. What was censored in reissues of A Children's Tragedy?

5. What form does the play evolve into?

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