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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. What Holocaust term does Sade use in describing mankind's inclination to kill in Scene 12?
(a) Ghetto.
(b) Final solution.
(c) Master race.
(d) Concentration camp.

2. Where on her body does Corday carry her knife?
(a) In her hand.
(b) Between her breasts.
(c) Wrapped in her hair.
(d) Strapped to her thigh.

3. As the chorus sings about the Revolution, what body part do they say is bleeding?
(a) Eyes.
(b) Heart.
(c) Hands.
(d) Feet.

4. Which woman in the cast serves as Marat's nurse?
(a) Corday.
(b) Rossignol.
(c) Coulmier's Wife.
(d) Simone.

5. What right's inclusion in the Revolution's declaration does Marat lament at the end of Scene 15?
(a) Property.
(b) Religion.
(c) Freedom from want.
(d) A fair trial.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the "lurid star" under which the Herald says Sade came to the asylum?

2. What is the forbidden word that that Duperret says France is speaking at the end of Scene 17?

3. In appeasing Coulmier in Scene 18, which is not a group to which the Singers pledge fidelity?

4. Who sings to the riled patients at the end of Scene 6?

5. From what French town does Corday reside?

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