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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. Who is the first voice from Marat's past to speak in Scene 26?
(a) His schoolmaster.
(b) His father.
(c) His mother.
(d) A military representative.

2. How does Sade characterize the process by which Revolutionaries dole out death sentences?
(a) Haphazard.
(b) Mathematical.
(c) Soporific.
(d) Orgiastic.

3. Which of the following is not a famous moment of the Revolution mentioned in Scene 5?
(a) The killing of the aristocrats.
(b) Danton's death.
(c) The fall of the Bastille.
(d) The execution of the King.

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

5. Which two animals do the singers invoke to describe Marat in Scene 5?
(a) Wolf and asp.
(b) Eagle and wren.
(c) Otter and hound.
(d) Cow and bear.

Short Answer Questions

1. What affliction of Marat does the Schoolmaster mock in Scene 26?

2. In Scene 25, Which of the following roles is not one that Simone claims petitioners expect Marat to enact?

3. Which of the following is something that Sade claims the hypothetical Revolutionaries expect from the Revolution?

4. As the chorus sings about the Revolution, what body part do they say is bleeding?

5. What word do the patients chant in unison in Scene 6?

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