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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 Bentley, what event in Wedekind's life influences the plot of A Children's Tragedy?
(a) Coming out to his family.
(b) His sister ran away from home.
(c) A double suicide at the author's school.
(d) His girlfriend's miscarriage.

2. How does Moritz feel about his dreams?
(a) He does not understand them.
(b) He fears they are evil dreams.
(c) He looks forward to them.
(d) He believes they are messages from God.

3. How does Moritz react when being told about sex?
(a) He does not want to listen.
(b) He wants to know more.
(c) He tries to argue with the points being made.
(d) He becomes aroused.

4. To whom does Bentley relate the masked man, especially in relation to summary of morality?
(a) Goethe.
(b) Faust.
(c) Brecht.
(d) Wedekind.

5. What does Wendla ask of Melchior at the end of Act 1?
(a) She asks him if he would want to marry her one day.
(b) She asks him to run away to Berlin with her.
(c) She asks him to beat her.
(d) She asks him to make love to her.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why is Moritz concerned about another boy's standing in his class?

3. During what war was the play suppressed in Germany?

4. According to Bentley's analysis, who may NOT be the masked figure at the end of the play?

5. When was the play produced in America?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the purpose of the Moritat in the introduction?

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

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

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

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

6. What appears to be a key difference between Melchior and Moritz in their first scene together?

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

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

9. Why is Mrs. Bergmann concerned about Wendla's old dress?

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

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