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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 1, Scenes 5 and 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Jacques Roux's former profession?
(a) Soldier.
(b) Priest.
(c) Politician.
(d) Baker.

2. What two omnipresent groups represent the asylum security throughout the play?
(a) Sisters and Doctors.
(b) Sisters and Male Nurses.
(c) Sisters and Priests.
(d) Male Nurses and Doctors.

3. What do the assembled inmates do in Scene 3?
(a) Dance.
(b) Sit quietly.
(c) Beat the floor.
(d) Assume a pose.

4. What aspect of Charlotte Corday does the Herald apologize to the audience for mentioning?
(a) Her attractiveness.
(b) Her madness.
(c) Her moral laxness.
(d) Her wealth.

5. According to the Herald, what do Marat and Simone share in addition to a vision of France?
(a) Simone's money.
(b) A faith in God.
(c) A bed.
(d) The same parents.

Short Answer Questions

1. What action is Simone performing at the beginning of Scene 3?

2. According to the Herald at the end of Scene 4, what is the audience about to watch Marat do?

3. What character enters in the first scene at Sade beckon?

4. With what adjective does Coulmier describe the keepers of the asylum in Scene 2?

5. How many years after the Revolution do the events of the play-within-the-play take place?

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