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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. In Scene 10, what do the Singers mention is clogging the sewers?
(a) Blood.
(b) Flood water.
(c) Rancid meat.
(d) Feces.

2. According to Corday's song in Scene 7, to what does Marat's way lead?
(a) Mountains of dead.
(b) Sewers and refuse.
(c) Eternal slavery.
(d) Rivers of blood.

3. From what affliction does the actress playing Corday suffer?
(a) Paranoia.
(b) Sleeping sickness.
(c) Erotomania.
(d) Fits of rage.

4. What part of Marat's body does Corday she wants to see sweat as she draws her knife?
(a) His forehead.
(b) His chest.
(c) His armpits.
(d) His back.

5. Marat never moves from a certain location. What is that location?
(a) A bath.
(b) A bench.
(c) A cage.
(d) A chair.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How many years has the Marquis de Sade been living at Charenton at the time of the play?

3. According to Sade at the end of Scene 11, from what does the guillotine deliver its victims?

4. Which of Dupperet's articles of clothing is mentioned by the Herald in Scene 4?

5. Who is attending Corday in the first scene of the play?

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