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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. In Scene 10, what do the Singers mention is clogging the sewers?
(a) Blood.
(b) Rancid meat.
(c) Flood water.
(d) Feces.

2. Who stops Corday from prematurely murdering Marat in Scene 9?
(a) Sade.
(b) Simone.
(c) A sister.
(d) Coulmier.

3. Why do the people love Marat, according to Sade in the beginning of Scene 20?
(a) He will suffer for them.
(b) He will fight for them.
(c) He will speak for them.
(d) He will die for them.

4. When Coulmier interrupts Roux in Scene 19, what does he claim everyone in modern-day France is?
(a) A peacemaker.
(b) A revolutionary.
(c) A nationalist.
(d) A millionaire.

5. To what does Sade compare Marat's bath in Scene 15?
(a) The ocean.
(b) A womb.
(c) Hell.
(d) A dungeon.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In Scene 23, what does Marat warn the rich will do the the poor at a moment's notice?

3. According to Marat in Scene 27, what has the Minister of War sold to France's enemies?

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

5. Which two animals do the singers invoke to describe Marat in Scene 5?

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