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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the Singers at the end of Scene 25, what can Marat not cure?
(a) His own disease.
(b) A beheaded aristocrat.
(c) All social ills.
(d) The cancer on the National Assembly.

2. What object is Marat staring at as he writes at the beginning of Scene 7?
(a) A knife.
(b) His bath.
(c) A portrait of Rousseau.
(d) A map.

3. As the chorus sings about the Revolution, what body part do they say is bleeding?
(a) Eyes.
(b) Heart.
(c) Hands.
(d) Feet.

4. According to Marat in Scene 27, what has the Minister of War sold to France's enemies?
(a) His chateau.
(b) Corn.
(c) State secrets.
(d) Arms.

5. According to Corday's song in Scene 7, to what does Marat's way lead?
(a) Mountains of dead.
(b) Sewers and refuse.
(c) Eternal slavery.
(d) Rivers of blood.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Scene 12, Marat accuses Sade of lacking what?

2. Which philosopher does Corday cite in her song in Scene 7?

3. To what does the Herald compare Marat's skin in Scene 4?

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

5. Why do the people love Marat, according to Sade in the beginning of Scene 20?

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