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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. From what country is the man who is brutally murdered by Sade's tailor?
(a) Switzerland.
(b) Germany.
(c) Belguim.
(d) Austro-Hungary.

2. In Scene 12, Marat accuses Sade of lacking what?
(a) Humility.
(b) A theory.
(c) Resolve.
(d) Compassion.

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

4. What affliction of Marat does the Schoolmaster mock in Scene 26?
(a) A skin disease.
(b) A chronic fever.
(c) A lisp.
(d) A stutter.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Sade at the beginning of Scene 15, what we do is the shadow of what?

2. In Scene 13, what role did the kings hold to the people?

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

4. What abstract purveyor of death does Sade say he hates in Scene 12?

5. How many years after the Revolution do the events of the play-within-the-play take place?

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