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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. What word do the patients chant in unison in Scene 6?
(a) Freedom.
(b) France.
(c) Marat.
(d) Death.

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

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

4. What famous French text does Coulmier invoke in his Scene 2 speech?
(a) The Constitution of 1793.
(b) The Declaration of Pilnitz.
(c) Democracy in America.
(d) The Declaration of Human Rights.

5. What actions are the Male Nurses performing at the top of the play?
(a) Applying bandages and giving medication.
(b) Playing cards and drinking wine.
(c) Chaining patients.
(d) Bathing and massages.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How old is Marat when the events of the play begin?

3. In Scene 5, Kokol quips to Marat that Paris facing a shortage of what?

4. Who accompanies Marat at his static position at the beginning of the play?

5. Who shouts "Long live the Revolution" midway through the Homage to Marat?

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