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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 do the teachers blame as the cause of Moritz's suicide?
(a) Melchior's suicide pact.
(b) The pressure from school.
(c) His emotionally abusive father.
(d) Melchior's paper that explains sex.

2. How does Mrs. Bergmann attempt to explain her new grandson to Wendla?
(a) Adoption.
(b) Cabbage patches.
(c) He appeared on the doorstep.
(d) The stork.

3. What flowers does Wendla pick in Act II, Scene 6?
(a) Lilies.
(b) Sunflowers.
(c) Roses.
(d) Violets.

4. What does Moritz plead for Melchior to do?
(a) Leave the cemetery.
(b) Keep on living.
(c) Forget about him and Wendla.
(d) Join him in death.

5. What is the reason Melchior's mother believes the boys are reading Faust?
(a) They are studying the artistry.
(b) Faust's relationship with Gretch.
(c) They are considering atheism.
(d) They are looking for moral lessons.

Short Answer Questions

1. What has Moritz threatened to do if he cannot leave the country?

2. What situation was Ilsa in that her friends bailed her out of?

3. What is Hanschen doing in the bathroom in Act II, Scene 3?

4. Where does Act II, Scene 4 take place?

5. How does Moritz's father react to his son's death?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What are the different explanations given for Wendla's illness? What is the actual diagnosis?

3. What favor has Moritz asked of Mrs. Gabor? What does he admit to her?

4. Why does Moritz commit suicide at the end of Act II?

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

6. Describe Moritz's story to Melchior.

7. Describe what happens in the hayloft when Wendla first enters.

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

9. What is the argument between Melchior's parents after Moritz's death?

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

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