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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the first scene, what does Wendla wonder about her future?
(a) She wonders what sort of mother she will make.
(b) She wonders what sort of husband she will have.
(c) She wonders what she will look like in a few years.
(d) She wonders if she will make it to adulthood.

2. Where does Act 1, Scene 5 take place?
(a) The barn.
(b) School.
(c) The river.
(d) The woods.

3. What does Wendla ask of Melchior at the end of Act 1?
(a) She asks him to run away to Berlin with her.
(b) She asks him to make love to her.
(c) She asks him to beat her.
(d) She asks him if he would want to marry her one day.

4. What information does Moritz discover in Act 1, Scene 4 that cheers him up?
(a) He is still passing his grade.
(b) He will be sent two grades up in advanced classes.
(c) He has already flunked out of school.
(d) He will be promoted to the next grade.

5. Where does Act 1, Scene 2 take place?
(a) Outside.
(b) Melchior's home.
(c) School.
(d) Church.

6. Why does Wendla complain about her new dress?
(a) She feels it is too childish.
(b) She feels it is too long and shapeless.
(c) She feels it is too short.
(d) She feels it is too revealing of her figure.

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

8. In their first encounter, what question does Melchior pose to Wendla?
(a) He asks if she enjoys visiting poor people.
(b) He asks if she likes him.
(c) He asks if she understands sex.
(d) He asks if she believes in God.

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

10. What is a Moritat?
(a) A short poem.
(b) A story written backwards.
(c) A postscript.
(d) A short statement.

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

12. What is Wendla's mother doing to her daughter's dress in the beginning of the play?
(a) Sewing a new one.
(b) Repairing a torn sleeve.
(c) Hemming a too-long dress.
(d) Letting down the hem of a short dress.

13. How many students in Melchior and Moritz's class will be allowed to graduate to the next grade?
(a) Sixty.
(b) Fifty.
(c) Forty.
(d) Seventy.

14. According to the masked man, what is morality?
(a) A made-up concept to keep people in line.
(b) What the government says should be done.
(c) A fallacy of "doing good."
(d) A mixture of what people think should be done and what they want to do.

15. While Wedekind wrote his play, what were people questioning?
(a) Wedekind's writing style.
(b) The father's authority.
(c) The censoring of theater and literature.
(d) War.

Short Answer Questions

1. After Martha's punishment for the ribbon, how does she spend the night?

2. In the most sexual scene of the play, what is alluded to heavily?

3. During what war was the play suppressed in Germany?

4. How many students are competing for sixty seats?

5. In what form does the play begin?

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