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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 moved into a commune for artists.
(b) He left home.
(c) He left the country.
(d) He left his position within the government.

2. In what way is the love between Moritz and Melchior described?
(a) Unhealthy.
(b) Romantic.
(c) Fraternal.
(d) Co-dependent.

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

4. Despite the complexity of A Children's Tragedy what striking aspect is the most widely known about this play?
(a) The political undertones.
(b) The sexual content.
(c) The complexity of the characters.
(d) The suicide.

5. What sort of characters are the women in A Children's Tragedy?
(a) Secondary characters.
(b) Cameos.
(c) Primary characters.
(d) Stock characters.

6. 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 overhears his teacher talking to another professor about him.
(c) He asks his teacher.
(d) He looks his name up in the teacher's book.

7. What birthday is being celebrated for Wendla in Act I, Scene 1?
(a) Fifteen.
(b) Fourteen.
(c) Twelve.
(d) Thirteen.

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

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

10. What fantasy does Wendla admit to having to Melchior?
(a) Running away.
(b) Being beaten.
(c) Marrying Melchior.
(d) Having sex.

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

12. In the brief summary given in the introduction, what concept is Melchior struggling with?
(a) Sexual preference.
(b) Morality.
(c) Political unrest.
(d) Nationality.

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

14. In what form does the play begin?
(a) Realism.
(b) Expressionism.
(c) Experimental.
(d) Absurdism.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Moritz concerned about another boy's standing in his class?

2. What does Wendla ask of Melchior at the end of Act 1?

3. To whom does Bentley relate the masked man, especially in relation to summary of morality?

4. How was the rape scene censored in reissues of A Children's Tragedy?

5. How does Moritz feel about his dreams?

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