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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 Scene 18, for what group does Marat say the Revolution was fought?
(a) Merchants.
(b) The military.
(c) The politicians.
(d) The poor.

2. According to Corday's song in Scene 7, to what does Marat's way lead?
(a) Eternal slavery.
(b) Mountains of dead.
(c) Rivers of blood.
(d) Sewers and refuse.

3. What object is Marat staring at as he writes at the beginning of Scene 7?
(a) A map.
(b) His bath.
(c) A portrait of Rousseau.
(d) A knife.

4. Which of the following is not something that Duperret accuses Mara of being in Scene 17?
(a) A salesman.
(b) A dictator.
(c) A Jew.
(d) A layabout.

5. According to Marat, what does one see everywhere one looks in 1793?
(a) Corruption.
(b) Squalor.
(c) His portrait.
(d) Corpses.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who stops Corday from prematurely murdering Marat in Scene 9?

2. Where did Corday spend her youth?

3. Which of the following is one of the actions that Corday accuses Marat of inciting in Scene 7?

4. In Marat's rant in Scene 9, where does he say the Parisian hypocrites where the crown?

5. In Scene 12, Marat accuses Sade of lacking what?

(see the answer key)

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