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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What action is Simone performing at the beginning of Scene 3?
(a) Crying.
(b) Writing a letter.
(c) Dancing.
(d) Applying Marat's bandage.

2. How does Sade characterize the process by which Revolutionaries dole out death sentences?
(a) Soporific.
(b) Orgiastic.
(c) Mathematical.
(d) Haphazard.

3. In her Scene 7 song, Corday says that which two words meant different things to her and Marat?
(a) Freedom and mercy.
(b) Action and fear.
(c) Wealth and poverty.
(d) Love and change.

4. What does Simone tell Corday to do when she sends her away in Scene 9?
(a) Try back later.
(b) Write Marat a letter.
(c) Never return.
(d) Leave Paris at once.

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.

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

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

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

9. In Scene 6, Jacques Roux protests that the ruling class controls all of the following except which?
(a) The markets.
(b) The estates.
(c) The military camps.
(d) The granaries.

10. What is the color of the dagger's handle in Scene 10?
(a) White.
(b) Blue.
(c) Red.
(d) Black.

11. Which of the following is not an example Coulmier offers of the Church assisting the poor?
(a) Soup kitchens.
(b) Clothing drives.
(c) Medical aid.
(d) Free housing.

12. According to the Herald, what do Marat and Simone share in addition to a vision of France?
(a) A faith in God.
(b) The same parents.
(c) A bed.
(d) Simone's money.

13. Who stops Corday from prematurely murdering Marat in Scene 9?
(a) Simone.
(b) Coulmier.
(c) Sade.
(d) A sister.

14. To what does Sade compare Marat's bath in Scene 15?
(a) Hell.
(b) A womb.
(c) The ocean.
(d) A dungeon.

15. What does Coulmier protest he must be when he interrupts the play?
(a) The representative of the state.
(b) The de facto director.
(c) The calming hand.
(d) The voice of reason.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which world does Roux utter in Scene 4 before being shushed by Coulmier?

2. To what building does Corday compare Paris in Scene 10?

3. What device's "singing" is Corday said to have hears in Scene 10?

4. In what room of the asylum does the play take place?

5. Coulmier protests in Scene 11 that he brought in the public to show that his patients are not what?

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