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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 1, Scenes 20 and 21.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following is not something that Duperret accuses Mara of being in Scene 17?
(a) A layabout.
(b) A salesman.
(c) A dictator.
(d) A Jew.

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

3. Which of the following is not an example Coulmier offers of the Church assisting the poor?
(a) Medical aid.
(b) Soup kitchens.
(c) Free housing.
(d) Clothing drives.

4. As a judge in Revolutionary tribunals, what does Sade find himself unable to do?
(a) Sentence men to death.
(b) Stay awake.
(c) Show mercy.
(d) Look victims in the eyes.

5. At the end of Scene 5, the Herald announces that unrest has been replace by what?
(a) Peace.
(b) Hopelessness.
(c) Discontent.
(d) Famine.

Short Answer Questions

1. What abstract purveyor of death does Sade say he hates in Scene 12?

2. What disease's effects are the wigs described in Scene 10 intended to conceal?

3. What affliction begins to show itself in Sade as he is whipped?

4. To what does the Herald compare Marat's skin in Scene 4?

5. At the end of Scene 11, where does Corday imagine she is?

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