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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 2, Scenes 27 and 28.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. From what French town does Corday reside?
(a) Caen.
(b) Burgundy.
(c) Cannes.
(d) Paris.

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

3. What character enters in the first scene at Sade beckon?
(a) Corday.
(b) Marat.
(c) Coulmier.
(d) Herald.

4. In what room of the asylum does the play take place?
(a) The bathhouse.
(b) The courtyard.
(c) The refractory.
(d) Coulmier's lodging.

5. In Duperret's Scene 22 song, who is the only entity that man will be expected to obey in an ideal world?
(a) The market.
(b) Himself.
(c) The king.
(d) God.

Short Answer Questions

1. From what affliction does the actress playing Corday suffer?

2. How does Sade characterize his current station in the Revolution?

3. Who does Coulmier thank at the beginning of his speech in Scene 2?

4. What does Marat demand be done with the seized farmland?

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

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