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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. With what term does Sade describe the execution of Damiens?
(a) An exorcism.
(b) A festival.
(c) A horrorshow.
(d) A ritual.

2. In what French town is the play's asylum located?
(a) Lille.
(b) Charenton.
(c) Bergerac.
(d) Caen.

3. Who anxiously follows behind Marat while the patients carry him on their shoulders in Scene 5?
(a) Sade.
(b) Corday.
(c) Coulmier.
(d) Simone.

4. What Holocaust term does Sade use in describing mankind's inclination to kill in Scene 12?
(a) Ghetto.
(b) Master race.
(c) Final solution.
(d) Concentration camp.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What item does Corday want to buy after arriving into town in Scene 10?

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

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

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

5. In Scene 7, what does Corday contend is spurting from Marat's hiding place?

(see the answer key)

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