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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 1, Scenes 12, 13, 14, and 15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many years after the Revolution do the events of the play-within-the-play take place?
(a) 9.
(b) 13.
(c) 4.
(d) 1.

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

3. In Marat's rant in Scene 9, where does he say the Parisian hypocrites where the crown?
(a) Their hearts.
(b) Their hose.
(c) Their underwear.
(d) Their caps.

4. In what French town is the play's asylum located?
(a) Bergerac.
(b) Lille.
(c) Caen.
(d) Charenton.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What actions are the Male Nurses performing at the top of the play?

2. What does Simone tell Corday to do when she sends her away in Scene 9?

3. From what affliction does the actress playing Corday suffer?

4. What was the former profession of the interrupting patient in Scene 14?

5. To what building does Corday compare Paris in Scene 10?

(see the answer key)

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