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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 does Melchior resign himself to doing in reform school?
(a) Being abused.
(b) Getting along with the other students.
(c) Having his breakout attempts thwarted.
(d) Being an outcast.

2. What does Melchior do to Wendla at the end of Act II, Scene 4?
(a) He beats her.
(b) He rapes her.
(c) He runs away with her.
(d) He takes her home.

3. In Act II, Scene 5, through what medium is Mrs. Gabor addressing Moritz?
(a) Face to face.
(b) A telegram.
(c) A letter.
(d) A telephone.

4. What does the masked man offer to do for Melchior?
(a) Protect Melchior from the hardships in life.
(b) Guide him to death.
(c) Protect Melchior from memories of Moritz and Wendla.
(d) Guide him to adulthood.

5. At the end of Act II, Scene 1, what do Melchior and Moritz wonder about?
(a) If sex is truly necessary.
(b) If their conversations are being eavesdropped upon.
(c) How girls can enjoy sex.
(d) If their peers are having sex.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Melchior try to force Wendla to leave him alone when she comes looking for him in Act II, Scene 4?

2. What drink does Melchior's mother bring to Moritz and Melchior in Act II, Scene 1?

3. How does Mrs. Bergmann defend herself from her daughter's anger in Act III, Scene 5?

4. What does Mrs. Gabor offer to do for Moritz?

5. What do Moritz's classmates speculate as the method of suicide?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Ilsa reveal to Martha at Moritz's grave?

2. What game does Melchior initially not participate in at reform school? Why does he change his mind?

3. What is significant about Melchior's letter to Wendla?

4. Why is Mrs. Gabor concerned about Moritz and Melchior reading Faust? How is this significant?

5. How do Stickytongue and Melchior try to defend "Copulation?"

6. Why does Melchior consider suicide in the final scene of the play?

7. What advice and favor does Mrs. Gabor offer to Moritz?

8. Why do the professors want to expel Melchior from school?

9. How does Mrs. Bergmann attempt to defend herself from Wendla's anger in Act III, scene 8?

10. What is significant about the singer Moritz thinks about in Act II, scene 7?

(see the answer keys)

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