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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Epilogue.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are the children fighting over in the streets, according to Corday?
(a) Human heads.
(b) Toy guillotines.
(c) Coins.
(d) Old wigs.

2. What part of Corday's body does the Salesman admire in the dagger-purchasing mime?
(a) Her neck.
(b) Her buttocks.
(c) Her hair.
(d) Her bosom.

3. Which woman in the cast serves as Marat's nurse?
(a) Rossignol.
(b) Coulmier's Wife.
(c) Simone.
(d) Corday.

4. As Marat and Sade argue in Scene 15, what does Sade conclude no longer interests him?
(a) The individual.
(b) Freedom.
(c) Society.
(d) The Revolution.

5. At the end of Scene 16, the Harald claims the players want to see the people live in harmony with what?
(a) The Church.
(b) Aristocrats.
(c) Government.
(d) The military.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which of the following items is not something Marat blindly seeks in his fever at the beginning of Scene 21?

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

4. What affliction of Marat does the Schoolmaster mock in Scene 26?

5. What does Coulmier invite the audience to do at the beginning of the Epilogue?

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