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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 sort of story is A Children's Tragedy?
(a) Morality play.
(b) Theater of Cruelty.
(c) Coming-of-age.
(d) Absurdism.

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

3. What is Eros according to Bentley?
(a) Romantic love.
(b) Sexual love.
(c) An instinct for death.
(d) An instinct for life.

4. What excuse does Moritz give in order to escape the discussion about sex?
(a) He needs to go pray.
(b) He has too much homework.
(c) He needs to talk to his father.
(d) He needs to find his girlfriend.

5. In the first scene, what does Wendla wonder about her future?
(a) She wonders what sort of mother she will make.
(b) She wonders if she will make it to adulthood.
(c) She wonders what she will look like in a few years.
(d) She wonders what sort of husband she will have.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Melchior's relationship to Moritz?

2. Who keeps Melchior from committing suicide?

3. What does Melchior initially believe about people who do good works?

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

5. During what war was the play censored in Germany?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 is this play described as "coming-of-age?"

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