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

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

3. What action is Simone performing at the beginning of Scene 3?
(a) Dancing.
(b) Crying.
(c) Writing a letter.
(d) Applying Marat's bandage.

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

5. What mimic do the patients perform in the background of Scene 11?
(a) A mass.
(b) An execution.
(c) A street scene.
(d) A cricket match.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was Jacques Roux's former profession?

3. In what year is The Marat/Sade set?

4. From what country is the man who is brutally murdered by Sade's tailor?

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

(see the answer key)

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