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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To whom does Bentley relate the masked man, especially in relation to summary of morality?
(a) Wedekind.
(b) Goethe.
(c) Faust.
(d) Brecht.

2. In what decade did Wedekind write A Children's Tragedy?
(a) 1870s.
(b) 1900s.
(c) 1890s.
(d) 1880s.

3. What does Moritz believe about why students will flunk out of their class?
(a) He believes that students who flunk are too smart for school.
(b) He believes that the school is making the class small enough to fit in next year's classroom.
(c) He believes students that are flunked are victims of class discrimination.
(d) He believes students who flunk are merely lazy.

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

5. How does Melchior feel about people who end up in Hell because they do not enjoy visiting the poor?
(a) It is entirely their fault.
(b) It is society's fault for putting the pressure on them.
(c) It is the Church's fault.
(d) It is through no fault of their own.

6. In what country does A Children's Tragedy take place?
(a) France.
(b) Austria.
(c) Italy.
(d) Germany.

7. With whom was Wedekind finding conflict while writing his play?
(a) His lover.
(b) His father.
(c) His mother.
(d) The government.

8. What theatrical genre is combined with tragedy as part of this play's complexity?
(a) Absurdism.
(b) Theater of cruelty.
(c) Theater of the poor.
(d) Comedy.

9. What is Melchior's relationship to Moritz?
(a) They are enemies.
(b) They are lovers.
(c) They are brothers.
(d) They are best friends.

10. What is considered the most sexual scene in A Children's Tragedy?
(a) Melchior explaining sex to Moritz.
(b) The masturbation scene in the reformatory.
(c) Wendla's rape.
(d) Ilsa's attraction to Moritz.

11. How is Wendla's body, in terms of maturation?
(a) Very under-developed.
(b) Slightly below average.
(c) Well-developed.
(d) Matronly.

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

13. How does Moritz feel about his dreams?
(a) He believes they are messages from God.
(b) He looks forward to them.
(c) He does not understand them.
(d) He fears they are evil dreams.

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

15. In Act 1, Scene 2, what does Moritz dream about?
(a) God.
(b) Sex.
(c) Hell.
(d) Dying.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Bentley's analysis, who may NOT be the masked figure at the end of the play?

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

3. What favor does Moritz ask of Melchior in Act 1, Scene 2?

4. What is the most important relationship depicted in A Children's Tragedy?

5. Why does Wendla complain about her new dress?

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