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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who is attending Corday in the first scene of the play?
(a) Sade.
(b) Two sisters.
(c) Marat.
(d) Two male nurses.

3. In Scene 13, what role did the kings hold to the people?
(a) Messiahs.
(b) Servants.
(c) Livelihoods.
(d) Fathers.

4. What device's "singing" is Corday said to have hears in Scene 10?
(a) The printing press.
(b) The pipe organ.
(c) The tumbrel.
(d) The guillotine.

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

6. What historical figure did Damiens try to assassinate?
(a) Louis XV.
(b) Robespierre.
(c) Danton.
(d) Cardinal Richaelieu.

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

8. What apologia does Coulmier make in his Scene 2 speech?
(a) The space smells of antiseptic.
(b) The hour is late.
(c) The play is poorly written.
(d) The actors have never performed before.

9. According to Marat in Scene 11, where did the aristocrats allow the poor to die slowly?
(a) Their homes.
(b) The workshops.
(c) The streets.
(d) The churches.

10. Which character's name does the Chorus chant in unison during Scene 7?
(a) Sade.
(b) Roux.
(c) Marat.
(d) Corday.

11. With what term does Sade describe the execution of Damiens?
(a) A ritual.
(b) An exorcism.
(c) A festival.
(d) A horrorshow.

12. In Scene 10, what do the Singers mention is clogging the sewers?
(a) Feces.
(b) Blood.
(c) Rancid meat.
(d) Flood water.

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

14. What famous French text does Coulmier invoke in his Scene 2 speech?
(a) The Declaration of Pilnitz.
(b) The Declaration of Human Rights.
(c) Democracy in America.
(d) The Constitution of 1793.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the "lurid star" under which the Herald says Sade came to the asylum?

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

3. What does Coulmier protest he must be when he interrupts the play?

4. At the end of Scene 5, the Herald announces that unrest has been replace by what?

5. In Scene 12, Marat accuses Sade of lacking what?

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