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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 1, Scenes 10 and 11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Corday tell Simone that Marat's enemies are gathering in Scene 9?
(a) Bordeaux.
(b) Caen.
(c) Somme.
(d) Versailles.

2. What famous French text does Coulmier invoke in his Scene 2 speech?
(a) The Constitution of 1793.
(b) Democracy in America.
(c) The Declaration of Human Rights.
(d) The Declaration of Pilnitz.

3. According to the Herald at the end of Scene 4, what is the audience about to watch Marat do?
(a) Give up.
(b) Speak.
(c) Bleed.
(d) Fight.

4. Who shouts "Long live the Revolution" midway through the Homage to Marat?
(a) Marat.
(b) Simone.
(c) Roux.
(d) Sade.

5. In Scene 11, Marat accuses aristocrats of make secret deals with whom?
(a) The reactionary bourgeoisie.
(b) Foreign armies.
(c) The deposed royal family.
(d) The Catholic Church.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which philosopher does Corday cite in her song in Scene 7?

2. Which of the following is not a term hurled at the poor when a shop is looted?

3. What object is Marat staring at as he writes at the beginning of Scene 7?

4. In Scene 5, Kokol quips to Marat that Paris facing a shortage of what?

5. What does the Herald people are in 1808 that they were not in 1793?

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