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

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

3. In Scene 23, what does Marat warn the rich will do the the poor at a moment's notice?
(a) Send them to war.
(b) Have them killed.
(c) Turn them out on the streets.
(d) Burn down their homes.

4. Which of the following characters does not have a line in the Homage to Marat?
(a) Herald.
(b) Rossignol.
(c) Sade.
(d) Roux.

5. According to Sade at the end of Scene 11, from what does the guillotine deliver its victims?
(a) Uncertainty.
(b) Boredom.
(c) Humiliation.
(d) Penury.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much does Corday pay for the dagger with which she will kill Marat?

2. When Coulmier interrupts Roux in Scene 19, what does he claim everyone in modern-day France is?

3. In Scene 13, what role did the kings hold to the people?

4. To what does the Herald compare Marat's skin in Scene 4?

5. What apologia does Coulmier make in his Scene 2 speech?

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