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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. What was censored in reissues of A Children's Tragedy?
(a) Sexual words.
(b) Any words that were not German.
(c) Any unflattering references to the adult figures.
(d) Words alluding to the political unrest.

2. According to the summary, who is raped in A Children's Tragedy?
(a) Melchior.
(b) Wendla.
(c) Thea.
(d) Moritz.

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

4. How must Martha always wear her hair?
(a) Loose.
(b) Short.
(c) Braids.
(d) In a bun.

5. During what war was the play censored in Germany?
(a) World War I.
(b) Korean War.
(c) Vietnam War.
(d) World War II.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the first scene, what does Wendla wonder about her future?

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

3. What are Melchior, Moritz, and the boys doing outside in Act 1, Scene 2?

4. What is the function of the Moritat in the introduction?

5. According to the masked man, what is morality?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is significant about the number sixty in relation to Moritz?

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. What thought does Wendla have that offends her mother? Where does it come from?

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

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

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

9. What does Moritz believe is the purpose of his school's exams?

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

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