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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 1, Scenes 7, 8, and 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Scene 6, Jacques Roux protests that the ruling class controls all of the following except which?
(a) The estates.
(b) The granaries.
(c) The military camps.
(d) The markets.

2. 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.

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

4. Who does the Herald signal in Scene 3?
(a) Sade.
(b) Marat.
(c) The Orchestra.
(d) The Male Nurses.

5. What part of the new ruling class's body is enormous, according to Kokol?
(a) Their genitals.
(b) Their arses.
(c) Their heads.
(d) Their stomachs.

Short Answer Questions

1. As the chorus sings about the Revolution, what body part do they say is bleeding?

2. In what French town is the play's asylum located?

3. To what does the Herald compare Marat's skin in Scene 4?

4. In what room of the asylum does the play take place?

5. Which of Dupperet's articles of clothing is mentioned by the Herald in Scene 4?

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