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

2. How does Bentley describe Moritz and Melchior in relationship to each other?
(a) A surrogate fatherly relationship.
(b) Complete opposites.
(c) Extremely alike.
(d) The result of one person's love not being reciprocated.

3. Because of the objectionable content of the play, what did Wedekind have to do for the play to be printed?
(a) Pay for publication himself.
(b) Write out every script used for the first performance.
(c) Marry the daughter of a publisher.
(d) Agree to a free commission of another play for the publisher.

4. Who do the girls in this play find very attractive?
(a) Moritz.
(b) Ernst.
(c) Hanschen.
(d) Melchior.

5. Who starts to explain sex to Moritz in Act 1, Scene 2?
(a) Wendla.
(b) Mortiz's father.
(c) Melchior.
(d) Ilsa.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what country does A Children's Tragedy take place?

2. Ultimately, what does Bentley suggest about the masked man?

3. Where does Act 1, Scene 2 take place?

4. How is Wendla's body, in terms of maturation?

5. How do Martha's parents treat her?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does this play fit into both genres of expressionism and realism?

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

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

4. Why did Martha's parents rip her nightgown from her?

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

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

7. What happened to "Spring Awakening" in America after publication? Why?

8. Why does Wendla fantasize about being beaten? How does she handle it?

9. Why was this play frequently repressed after the initial publication?

10. What does Moritz do in Act I, Scene 4 that nearly gets him in trouble? Why?

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