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

2. Which what is Marat's tub filling in Scene 8?
(a) Filth.
(b) Blood.
(c) Ink.
(d) Pages.

3. What is the "lurid star" under which the Herald says Sade came to the asylum?
(a) Madness.
(b) Resistence.
(c) Passion.
(d) Notoriety.

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

5. How many years after the Revolution do the events of the play-within-the-play take place?
(a) 4.
(b) 1.
(c) 13.
(d) 9.

Short Answer Questions

1. For what affliction is Marat always submerged in a bath?

2. According to the Herald in Scene 19, what is the most sympathetic way to be executed?

3. At the end of Scene 5, the Herald announces that unrest has been replace by what?

4. In the beginning of Scene 6, a patient claims that all are free and equal to do what?

5. What Holocaust term does Sade use in describing mankind's inclination to kill in Scene 12?

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