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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Which philosopher does Corday cite in her song in Scene 7?
(a) Rousseau.
(b) Plato.
(c) Descartes.
(d) Hobbes.

3. Which character does not sing at all during the play?
(a) Cucurucu.
(b) Corday.
(c) Duperret.
(d) Marat.

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

5. What is the forbidden word that that Duperret says France is speaking at the end of Scene 17?
(a) Marat.
(b) Freedom.
(c) Peace.
(d) Monarchy.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what French town is the play's asylum located?

2. In Scene 10, what do the Singers mention is clogging the sewers?

3. In Scene 25, Which of the following roles is not one that Simone claims petitioners expect Marat to enact?

4. What affliction begins to show itself in Sade as he is whipped?

5. Which of the following groups is not one that Coulmier interrupts the play to defend?

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