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

2. In Scene 18, for what group does Marat say the Revolution was fought?
(a) The poor.
(b) The politicians.
(c) The military.
(d) Merchants.

3. What device's "singing" is Corday said to have hears in Scene 10?
(a) The tumbrel.
(b) The pipe organ.
(c) The printing press.
(d) The guillotine.

4. What does the Herald people are in 1808 that they were not in 1793?
(a) Complacent.
(b) Enlightened.
(c) Civilized.
(d) Afraid.

5. At the end of Scene 16, the Harald claims the players want to see the people live in harmony with what?
(a) The Church.
(b) Aristocrats.
(c) Government.
(d) The military.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Coulmier interrupts Roux in Scene 19, what does he claim everyone in modern-day France is?

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

3. What two things does Corday claim Marat wants in Scene 17?

4. According to Sade at the beginning of Scene 15, what we do is the shadow of what?

5. How old is Marat when the events of the play begin?

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