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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. What part of the new ruling class's body is enormous, according to Kokol?
(a) Their genitals.
(b) Their stomachs.
(c) Their heads.
(d) Their arses.

2. Which of the following items is not something Marat blindly seeks in his fever at the beginning of Scene 21?
(a) His compress.
(b) His pen.
(c) His ink.
(d) His paper.

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

4. Who accompanies Marat at his static position at the beginning of the play?
(a) Simone.
(b) Corday.
(c) Dupperret.
(d) Sade.

5. What right's inclusion in the Revolution's declaration does Marat lament at the end of Scene 15?
(a) Property.
(b) Religion.
(c) A fair trial.
(d) Freedom from want.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which two animals do the singers invoke to describe Marat in Scene 5?

3. What does Simone think she sees in the sky in Scene 21?

4. What is the name of the man to whom Marat dictates his calls to the people?

5. How does Sade characterize the process by which Revolutionaries dole out death sentences?

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