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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. Who separates Duperrat and Corday when the former begins to molest the latter?
(a) A sister.
(b) Herald.
(c) A male nurse.
(d) Sade.

2. Which of the following is not something the Singers accuse the rich of hoarding at the beginning of Scene 16?
(a) Jobs.
(b) Gold.
(c) Arms.
(d) Friends.

3. Who is attending Corday in the first scene of the play?
(a) Two male nurses.
(b) Marat.
(c) Two sisters.
(d) Sade.

4. Which of the follow is not something the singers of Scene 5 suggest be done to the ruling class of 1793?
(a) Jail them.
(b) Break them.
(c) Give them the axe.
(d) Bribe them.

5. Which character's name does the Chorus chant in unison during Scene 7?
(a) Roux.
(b) Corday.
(c) Marat.
(d) Sade.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where on her body does Corday carry her knife?

2. What institution's sacking does Sade recall witnessing in this section?

3. In appeasing Coulmier in Scene 18, which is not a group to which the Singers pledge fidelity?

4. What is the "lurid star" under which the Herald says Sade came to the asylum?

5. What do the assembled inmates do in Scene 3?

(see the answer key)

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