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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 memento does Ilsa have of Moritz?
(a) His pocket watch.
(b) The gun with which he shot himself.
(c) His hat.
(d) The flower he gave her.

2. Who visits Wendla's mother at the end of Act III, Scene 5?
(a) Mother Schmidt.
(b) The doctor.
(c) Melchior's mother.
(d) Melchior.

3. What is revealed as the actual cause of Wendla's death?
(a) Suicide.
(b) Influenza.
(c) Abortion pills.
(d) Childbirth.

4. Whom does Moritz fantasize about in the last scene of the second act?
(a) A singer.
(b) Melchior.
(c) His piano teacher.
(d) Wendla.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Mrs. Gabor, what favor is she unable to perform for Moritz?

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

3. What does Wendla's gravestone claim she died of?

4. According to Moritz, how many times has Ernst failed in their class?

5. Why does Hanschen reason that he must destroy the painting?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What claims does the masked man make to Melchior and Moritz?

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

4. Describe the scene between Ernst and Hanschel.

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

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

7. Why does her sister having a child come as such a surprise to Wendla?

8. What philosophy does Melchior claim to believe? What action follows in the hayloft?

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

10. Why does Moritz believe he will be promoted to the next grade based off his discussion with Melchior in Act II, scene 3?

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