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

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

3. In Scene 10, what do the Singers mention is clogging the sewers?
(a) Blood.
(b) Rancid meat.
(c) Feces.
(d) Flood water.

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

5. What mimic do the patients perform in the background of Scene 11?
(a) A mass.
(b) A cricket match.
(c) An execution.
(d) A street scene.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Scene 23, what does Marat warn the rich will do the the poor at a moment's notice?

2. What part of Corday's body does Duperret kiss repeatedly in Scene 22?

3. Who shouts "Long live the Revolution" midway through the Homage to Marat?

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

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

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