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

2. According to Sade at the beginning of Scene 15, what we do is the shadow of what?
(a) What we are ordered to do.
(b) What we should do.
(c) What others have done before us.
(d) What we want to do.

3. Which character's name does the Heral mention appearing on Marat's black list in Scene 4?
(a) Coulmier.
(b) Roux.
(c) Dupperet.
(d) Simone.

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

5. What is the basis for all life, according to Sade's works?
(a) Pleasure.
(b) Indolence.
(c) Death.
(d) Suffering.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sade want remembered about himself after his death?

2. How many years after the Revolution do the events of the play-within-the-play take place?

3. According to Sade at the end of Scene 11, from what does the guillotine deliver its victims?

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

5. In Marat's rant in Scene 9, where does he say the Parisian hypocrites where the crown?

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