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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are the reform school boys trying to ejaculate onto?
(a) An upside-down glass.
(b) Melchior's homework.
(c) A book.
(d) A coin.

2. After he tells Melchior his story, how does Moritz summarize his feelings?
(a) He is waiting for someone to help him.
(b) He feels completely alone.
(c) He feels headless.
(d) He feels he has too many heads.

3. How does Mrs. Gabor initially react to reading Melchior's letter in Act III?
(a) She claims it is a forger.
(b) She claims it is just part of a class assignment.
(c) She claims that Wendla and Melchior have done nothing wrong.
(d) She claims that Melchior did not rape Wendla.

4. At the end of Act II, Scene 1, what do Melchior and Moritz wonder about?
(a) How girls can enjoy sex.
(b) If sex is truly necessary.
(c) If their peers are having sex.
(d) If their conversations are being eavesdropped upon.

5. Whom does Melchior leave with at the end of the play?
(a) The masked man.
(b) Wendla.
(c) Moritz.
(d) His mother.

6. Who is the only person to defend Melchior in the scene with all the teachers?
(a) Stickytongue.
(b) Sunstroke.
(c) Strongarm.
(d) Flykiller.

7. What memento does Ilsa have of Moritz?
(a) The gun with which he shot himself.
(b) His hat.
(c) The flower he gave her.
(d) His pocket watch.

8. Why does Hanschen reason that he must destroy the painting?
(a) Destroying it will keep him from sexual desire.
(b) Destroying it will keep the picture pure in his mind.
(c) Destroying it will set him free to love another picture.
(d) Destroying it will keep other people from using the picture.

9. According to the pastor, what will happen to Moritz?
(a) Purgatory.
(b) His soul will walk the earth until Armageddon.
(c) He will go to Heaven.
(d) Eternal damnation.

10. Who is the headmaster of Melchior's school?
(a) Rektor Sunstroke.
(b) Rektor Strongarm.
(c) Rektor Stickytongue.
(d) Rektor Flykiller.

11. Where does the last scene of the play take place?
(a) The church.
(b) Melchior's school.
(c) The graveyard.
(d) The riverbank.

12. What does Moritz plead for Melchior to do?
(a) Leave the cemetery.
(b) Join him in death.
(c) Keep on living.
(d) Forget about him and Wendla.

13. How does Mrs. Gabor defend Melchior after Moritz's death?
(a) Melchior is just a scapegoat.
(b) Melchior spoke only the truth.
(c) Melchior has been framed by the school.
(d) Melchior is too smart to have led his friend to suicide.

14. What does Moritz do when he walks Ilsa home?
(a) He makes love to Ilsa.
(b) He kissed Ilsa.
(c) He pushes Ilsa away from him violently.
(d) Leaves her before they reach her place.

15. What flowers does Wendla pick in Act II, Scene 6?
(a) Sunflowers.
(b) Lilies.
(c) Roses.
(d) Violets.

Short Answer Questions

1. For what does Melchior's mother warn Moritz in Act II, Scene 1?

2. What is the purpose of the letter from Melchior that Mr. Gabor shows his wife?

3. Where does Act II, Scene 3 take place?

4. How does Moritz vent his frustration at the end of Act II, Scene 7?

5. Whom does Moritz fantasize about in the last scene of the second act?

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