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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Scene 7, what does Corday contend is spurting from Marat's hiding place?
(a) Fear.
(b) Poison.
(c) Blood.
(d) Hope.

2. At the end of Scene 11, where does Corday imagine she is?
(a) In heaven.
(b) On the execution scaffold.
(c) At Marat's lodging.
(d) In Caen.

3. In Scene 5, Kokol quips to Marat that Paris facing a shortage of what?
(a) Gold.
(b) Laurels.
(c) Hope.
(d) Corpses.

4. Which of the following is one of the actions that Corday accuses Marat of inciting in Scene 7?
(a) Looting.
(b) Blasphemy.
(c) Corruption.
(d) Sedition.

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

6. At the end of Scene 5, the Herald announces that unrest has been replace by what?
(a) Hopelessness.
(b) Discontent.
(c) Peace.
(d) Famine.

7. From what country is the man who is brutally murdered by Sade's tailor?
(a) Germany.
(b) Switzerland.
(c) Belguim.
(d) Austro-Hungary.

8. According to the Herald at the end of Scene 4, what is the audience about to watch Marat do?
(a) Bleed.
(b) Give up.
(c) Speak.
(d) Fight.

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

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

11. Which world does Roux utter in Scene 4 before being shushed by Coulmier?
(a) Never.
(b) Curse.
(c) Death.
(d) Liberty.

12. From what French town does Corday reside?
(a) Burgundy.
(b) Caen.
(c) Cannes.
(d) Paris.

13. Which of the following characters does not have a line in the Homage to Marat?
(a) Sade.
(b) Roux.
(c) Rossignol.
(d) Herald.

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

15. What item does Corday want to buy after arriving into town in Scene 10?
(a) A dress.
(b) A Bible.
(c) A toy guillotine.
(d) A knife.

Short Answer Questions

1. What character enters in the first scene at Sade beckon?

2. What does the Herald people are in 1808 that they were not in 1793?

3. What word do the patients chant in unison in Scene 6?

4. To what does the Herald compare Marat's skin in Scene 4?

5. What part of the new ruling class's body is enormous, according to Kokol?

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