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

3. Because of the objectionable content of the play, what did Wedekind have to do for the play to be printed?
(a) Agree to a free commission of another play for the publisher.
(b) Write out every script used for the first performance.
(c) Pay for publication himself.
(d) Marry the daughter of a publisher.

4. What favor does Moritz ask of Melchior in Act 1, Scene 2?
(a) He asks Melchior to visit him later that night.
(b) He asks him to write about sex so he may read it later.
(c) He asks him not to tell anyone about his ignorance.
(d) He asks Melchior to help him study.

5. Why did Martha, after being punished for the ribbon, come back inside?
(a) She was lonely.
(b) She was naked and it was cold.
(c) She was too clothed for the heat.
(d) She was being chased by boys.

6. What do Melchior and Moritz talk about when they are alone in Act 1, Scene 2?
(a) Sex.
(b) God.
(c) Parents.
(d) Homework.

7. According to Bentley's analysis, who may NOT be the masked figure at the end of the play?
(a) Goethe.
(b) Life.
(c) Satan.
(d) God.

8. 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 a father's voice from Melchior's subconscious.
(d) He is Moritz's father.

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

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

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

12. Who keeps Melchior from committing suicide?
(a) Moritz.
(b) A masked man.
(c) Wendla.
(d) Ernst.

13. What does Moritz admit to considering if he flunks?
(a) Becoming a criminal.
(b) Running away.
(c) Suicide.
(d) Entering the church.

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

15. Where does Moritz sneak to in Act 1, Scene 4?
(a) The faculty room.
(b) Melchior's house.
(c) Church.
(d) His teacher's house.