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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 27, which character accuses Marat of handing the country over to the lowest common denominator?
(a) Duperret.
(b) Corday.
(c) Sade.
(d) Roux.

2. In the beginning of Scene 6, a patient claims that all are free and equal to do what?
(a) Die.
(b) Strive.
(c) Toil.
(d) Starve.

3. In Scene 28, Sade says that he wrote his lost masterpiece on what?
(a) The walls of a prison cell.
(b) A long roll or paper.
(c) The skin of a prostitute.
(d) Papyrus.

4. How many years has the Marquis de Sade been living at Charenton at the time of the play?
(a) 5.
(b) 10.
(c) 20.
(d) 15.

5. Which of the following groups is not one lambasted by the singers of Scene 5?
(a) Aristocrats.
(b) Bankers.
(c) Generals.
(d) Priests.

Short Answer Questions

1. As Marat and Sade argue in Scene 15, what does Sade conclude no longer interests him?

2. What affliction begins to show itself in Sade as he is whipped?

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

4. Which woman in the cast serves as Marat's nurse?

5. Which of the follow is not something the singers of Scene 5 suggest be done to the ruling class of 1793?

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