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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do Martha's parents treat her?

2. What is the most important relationship depicted in A Children's Tragedy?

3. What excuse does Moritz give in order to escape the discussion about sex?

4. In their first encounter, what question does Melchior pose to Wendla?

5. For how long may Wendla wear her old dress?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why does Wendla fantasize about being beaten? How does she handle it?

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

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

6. Why is this play described as "coming-of-age?"

7. What happened to "Spring Awakening" in America after publication? Why?

8. Describe Martha's parents.

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Choose one of the following topics to write about:

- Discuss Hanschen's relationship with "Venus."

- Discuss Ilse's story of the artist who kept threatening to kill her.

- Discuss the names of the professors.

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast the characters of Wendla and Ilse. How does knowledge affect both girls? How is Ilse freer than Wendla? Conversely, how is Wendla freer than Ilse? What is the significance of Wendla being raped and Ilse sleeping freely with her artists?

Essay Topic 3

Choose one of the following topics to write about:

- The significance of Ina having had three children in two years of marriage and Mrs. Bergmann's refusal to explain sex to her daughters.

- Moritz's relationship with Ilse.

- The reformatory students in contrast to Melchior.

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