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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 14, which prayer does a patient recite in a perverse form?
(a) Hail Mary.
(b) Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep.
(c) Our Father.
(d) The Apostles Creed.

2. In Scene 13, what does Marat say is the essential lie the ruling class gave the poor?
(a) Honor in suffering.
(b) Poverty as a virtue.
(c) Love of enemies.
(d) Divine right.

3. At the end of Scene 28, the Singers complain that Marat's writings have done what to France?
(a) Covered it in blood.
(b) Confused its people.
(c) Weakened it irreparably.
(d) Set it ablaze.

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

5. Which character's name does the Chorus chant in unison during Scene 7?
(a) Corday.
(b) Marat.
(c) Sade.
(d) Roux.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the subject of the suppressed work that Marat describes in Scene 28?

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

3. The song in Scene 10 details Corday's arrival in what town?

4. In Scene 25, Which of the following roles is not one that Simone claims petitioners expect Marat to enact?

5. Who whips Sade in Scene 20?

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