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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what way does Coulmier protest Sade must present his play?
(a) More decent.
(b) Livelier.
(c) More positive.
(d) Subtler.

2. Which character's name does the Heral mention appearing on Marat's black list in Scene 4?
(a) Simone.
(b) Dupperet.
(c) Coulmier.
(d) Roux.

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

4. What right's inclusion in the Revolution's declaration does Marat lament at the end of Scene 15?
(a) Freedom from want.
(b) A fair trial.
(c) Property.
(d) Religion.

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

6. In Scene 12, Marat accuses Sade of lacking what?
(a) A theory.
(b) Compassion.
(c) Resolve.
(d) Humility.

7. In what French town is the play's asylum located?
(a) Lille.
(b) Caen.
(c) Bergerac.
(d) Charenton.

8. Who does Coulmier thank at the beginning of his speech in Scene 2?
(a) Sade.
(b) The audience.
(c) Napoleon.
(d) God.

9. Which what is Marat's tub filling in Scene 8?
(a) Blood.
(b) Pages.
(c) Filth.
(d) Ink.

10. What character enters in the first scene at Sade beckon?
(a) Coulmier.
(b) Marat.
(c) Corday.
(d) Herald.

11. To what does the Herald compare Marat's skin in Scene 4?
(a) Mud.
(b) Wood.
(c) Cheese.
(d) Iron.

12. Who anxiously follows behind Marat while the patients carry him on their shoulders in Scene 5?
(a) Simone.
(b) Corday.
(c) Coulmier.
(d) Sade.

13. What Holocaust term does Sade use in describing mankind's inclination to kill in Scene 12?
(a) Master race.
(b) Concentration camp.
(c) Ghetto.
(d) Final solution.

14. At the beginning of Scene 8, what does Simone implore Marat to stop doing?
(a) Writing.
(b) Staying awake all night.
(c) Scratching himself.
(d) Crying.

15. Who does the Herald signal in Scene 3?
(a) Marat.
(b) The Male Nurses.
(c) The Orchestra.
(d) Sade.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is not a famous moment of the Revolution mentioned in Scene 5?

2. How many times does the Herald knock his staff at the beginning of Scene 3?

3. For what affliction is Marat always submerged in a bath?

4. In the beginning of Scene 6, a patient claims that all are free and equal to do what?

5. What does Simone tell Corday to do when she sends her away in Scene 9?

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