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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Ultimately, what does Bentley suggest about the masked man?
(a) He is Moritz's father.
(b) He is Melchior's inner child.
(c) He is a father's voice from Melchior's subconscious.
(d) He is the voice of Melchior's conscience.

4. According to Bentley, what group of people does not like this play?
(a) Feminists.
(b) Libertarians.
(c) Abstinence-only groups.
(d) Environmentalists.

5. In the introduction, what is NOT one of the mentioned allusions in the play?
(a) Brecht.
(b) The Bible.
(c) Faust.
(d) Goethe.

6. How many years after the initial publication was the play performed in America?
(a) 25.
(b) It has never been produced in America.
(c) 35.
(d) 20.

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

8. What does Wendla claim about the thoughts her mother finds offensive in the first scene?
(a) She says her sister tells her these thoughts.
(b) She says they come to her at night.
(c) She says that she overhears her mother expressing these thoughts.
(d) She says she hears the girls at school expressing similar thoughts.

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

10. 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.

11. Why is Moritz concerned about another boy's standing in his class?
(a) He is afraid that the boy will run away if he is not promoted.
(b) He is competing with that student for the last seat in next year's class.
(c) He is afraid that the boy will blame Moritz if he is not promoted.
(d) He is afraid that the boy will follow his lead in considering suicide.

12. How does Moritz react when being told about sex?
(a) He does not want to listen.
(b) He becomes aroused.
(c) He tries to argue with the points being made.
(d) He wants to know more.

13. According to the other boys, whose name is still on the list for consideration to be promoted?
(a) Ernst Robel.
(b) Hanschel.
(c) Gunther.
(d) Melchior.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What birthday is being celebrated for Wendla in Act I, Scene 1?

2. Why does Wendla die?

3. Who do the girls in this play find very attractive?

4. When was the play produced in America?

5. What was the result of Wedekind's conflicts while writing?

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