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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 1, Scenes 16, 17, 18, and 19.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. With what term does Sade describe the execution of Damiens?
(a) A horrorshow.
(b) A festival.
(c) An exorcism.
(d) A ritual.

2. Who anxiously follows behind Marat while the patients carry him on their shoulders in Scene 5?
(a) Simone.
(b) Coulmier.
(c) Corday.
(d) Sade.

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

4. To what does Sade compare Marat's bath in Scene 15?
(a) A womb.
(b) A dungeon.
(c) The ocean.
(d) Hell.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In her Scene 7 song, Corday says that which two words meant different things to her and Marat?

2. According to Marat, what does one see everywhere one looks in 1793?

3. According to the Herald at the beginning of Scene 7, to what voice is Marat listening as he writes?

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

5. At the end of Scene 16, the Harald claims the players want to see the people live in harmony with what?

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