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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 characters is not one of the Singers?
(a) Rossignol.
(b) Polpoch.
(c) Kokol.
(d) Roux.

2. According to the Herald at the beginning of Scene 7, to what voice is Marat listening as he writes?
(a) His fever's voice.
(b) Simone's voice.
(c) The people's voice.
(d) God's voice.

3. In Scene 7, what does Corday contend is spurting from Marat's hiding place?
(a) Blood.
(b) Fear.
(c) Hope.
(d) Poison.

4. How does Sade characterize his current station in the Revolution?
(a) Observor.
(b) Collaborator.
(c) Leader.
(d) Victim.

5. What are the children fighting over in the streets, according to Corday?
(a) Toy guillotines.
(b) Old wigs.
(c) Human heads.
(d) Coins.

Short Answer Questions

1. What two omnipresent groups represent the asylum security throughout the play?

2. Who accompanies Marat at his static position at the beginning of the play?

3. Which of the following characters does not have a line in the Homage to Marat?

4. What apologia does Coulmier make in his Scene 2 speech?

5. Who separates Duperrat and Corday when the former begins to molest the latter?

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