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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. When was the play produced in America?
(a) 1917.
(b) 1927.
(c) 1907.
(d) 1897.

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

3. Why is Mrs. Bergmann concerned about Wendla's dress?
(a) It is too long on her.
(b) It is too shapeless on her.
(c) It is too adult for her.
(d) It is too short for her.

4. Why does Moritz commit suicide?
(a) He gets Ilsa pregnant.
(b) He believes he is gay.
(c) He has been held back in school.
(d) He feels responsible for Wendla's abortion.

5. What happened to the play after it was first printed?
(a) It was produced immediately and became a huge hit.
(b) There were mass book-burnings for the script.
(c) It was banned in Europe.
(d) It took years to produce in the complete form.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Melchior feel about people who end up in Hell because they do not enjoy visiting the poor?

2. While Wedekind wrote his play, what were people questioning?

3. Because of the objectionable content of the play, what did Wedekind have to do for the play to be printed?

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

5. What in particular does Bentley highlight in his Moritat?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What are Melchior's beliefs about good deeds, as related to Wendla?

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

4. How does Bentley describe Moritz and Melchior in relation to each other in his introduction?

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

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

7. How do Mrs. Bergmann and Wendla deal with the girl's maturation in Act I, Scene 1?

8. Describe the main theme of one of the characters that is pointed out as being a philosophy of Goethe.

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

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

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