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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do all the boys in Act 1, Scene 2 two know each other?
(a) Church.
(b) Government-sanctioned parties.
(c) They are all related to each other.
(d) School.

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

3. What girl is walking home with Wendla and Martha in Act 1, Scene 3?
(a) Ilsa.
(b) Bertha.
(c) Helga.
(d) Thea.

4. What is Thanatos according to Bentley?
(a) A drive towards life.
(b) Sexual love.
(c) Romantic love.
(d) Driving towards death.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the purpose of Wendla's errand in Act 1, Scene 5?

2. Who wrote A Children's Tragedy?

3. According to Moritz, what is designed to flunk out the students at their school?

4. What is Eros according to Bentley?

5. What theatrical genre is combined with tragedy as part of this play's complexity?

Short Essay Questions

1. In the introduction, why is this play deemed as widely disliked by feminists?

2. What event does Bentley claim influence Wedekind? Why?

3. What startling admission does Moritz give in Act I, Scene 4? Why?

4. How was "Spring Awakening" treated in Germany during both World Wars?

5. Why does Moritz not want to listen to Melchior's explanations about sex?

6. What are some of the ways this play was censored in re-prints?

7. What does Moritz reveal himself completely ignorant about in Act I, Scene 2?

8. According to Bentley, what are some possible identities of the masked man at the end of the play?

9. Describe Martha's parents.

10. How does the introduction of this play describe Eros and Thanatos?

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