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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 1, Scenes 22, 23, 24, 25, and 26.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following groups is not one lambasted by the singers of Scene 5?
(a) Priests.
(b) Aristocrats.
(c) Generals.
(d) Bankers.

2. In what way does Coulmier protest Sade must present his play?
(a) Livelier.
(b) More positive.
(c) Subtler.
(d) More decent.

3. In Scene 5, Kokol quips to Marat that Paris facing a shortage of what?
(a) Corpses.
(b) Laurels.
(c) Gold.
(d) Hope.

4. Who speaks the final words of the first act?
(a) Sade.
(b) Roux.
(c) Herald.
(d) Coulmier.

5. What is the basis for all life, according to Sade's works?
(a) Pleasure.
(b) Indolence.
(c) Death.
(d) Suffering.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Sade characterize the process by which Revolutionaries dole out death sentences?

2. In Duperret's Scene 22 song, who is the only entity that man will be expected to obey in an ideal world?

3. According to Marat, why is the rumor being spread that wages will soon be raised?

4. Which two animals do the singers invoke to describe Marat in Scene 5?

5. Which of the follow is not something the singers of Scene 5 suggest be done to the ruling class of 1793?

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