View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 2, Scenes 27 and 28.

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 compress.
(b) His pen.
(c) His ink.
(d) His paper.

2. What do the assembled inmates do in Scene 3?
(a) Beat the floor.
(b) Sit quietly.
(c) Dance.
(d) Assume a pose.

3. According to Marat, what does one see everywhere one looks in 1793?
(a) His portrait.
(b) Corruption.
(c) Corpses.
(d) Squalor.

4. When Coulmier interrupts Roux in Scene 19, what does he claim everyone in modern-day France is?
(a) A revolutionary.
(b) A peacemaker.
(c) A nationalist.
(d) A millionaire.

5. What historical figure did Damiens try to assassinate?
(a) Danton.
(b) Robespierre.
(c) Cardinal Richaelieu.
(d) Louis XV.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many years has the Marquis de Sade been living at Charenton at the time of the play?

2. According to Marat, why is the rumor being spread that wages will soon be raised?

3. What are the children fighting over in the streets, according to Corday?

4. What right's inclusion in the Revolution's declaration does Marat lament at the end of Scene 15?

5. Which of the following groups is not one lambasted by the singers of Scene 5?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 209 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample