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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. What do Martha and Ilsa bring to Moritz's grave?

2. Who is the only person to defend Melchior in the scene with all the teachers?

3. According to Melchior in Act II, Scene 4, what does not exist?

4. Why is Moritz devastated in Act II, Scene 5?

5. How does Moritz vent his frustration at the end of Act II, Scene 7?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Describe the scene between Ernst and Hanschel.

6. How does Hanschen deal with his burgeoning sexual desires?

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

8. What is Hanschen's relationship to "Venus?"

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

10. Why does Hanschen claim he needs to destroy the picture? How does this represent the views of the town?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Pick one of the following topics to write about:

- Wendla's dress.

- Moritz's story of the headless queen.

- Ilse's attempted seduction of Moritz.

Cite specific examples from the text to support your arguments.

Essay Topic 3

Choose one of the following topics to write about:

- Discuss the abuse of Martha.

- Discuss Mrs. Gabor's letter to Moritz.

- Discuss Wendla's love of being a girl versus Martha and Thea's preference to have been born men.

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