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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of Dupperet's articles of clothing is mentioned by the Herald in Scene 4?
(a) Toupee.
(b) Waistcoat.
(c) Cullottes.
(d) Shoes.

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

3. What part of the new ruling class's body is enormous, according to Kokol?
(a) Their genitals.
(b) Their heads.
(c) Their arses.
(d) Their stomachs.

4. What word do the patients chant in unison in Scene 6?
(a) Marat.
(b) Freedom.
(c) Death.
(d) France.

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

6. The song in Scene 10 details Corday's arrival in what town?
(a) Caen.
(b) Avignon.
(c) Paris.
(d) Versailles.

7. Marat never moves from a certain location. What is that location?
(a) A cage.
(b) A bench.
(c) A chair.
(d) A bath.

8. What abstract purveyor of death does Sade say he hates in Scene 12?
(a) God.
(b) Life.
(c) Nature.
(d) The Revolution.

9. In Marat's Liturgy, which of the following is not a group that he accuses of lying to the poor?
(a) Poets.
(b) Kings.
(c) Priests.
(d) Bankers.

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

11. Who accompanies Coulmier when he enters the stage?
(a) A priest.
(b) His family.
(c) Sade.
(d) Various nobles.

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

13. Which of the following characters is not one of the Singers?
(a) Kokol.
(b) Polpoch.
(c) Roux.
(d) Rossignol.

14. Which two animals do the singers invoke to describe Marat in Scene 5?
(a) Wolf and asp.
(b) Cow and bear.
(c) Otter and hound.
(d) Eagle and wren.

15. What object is Marat staring at as he writes at the beginning of Scene 7?
(a) A map.
(b) His bath.
(c) A portrait of Rousseau.
(d) A knife.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following groups is not one lambasted by the singers of Scene 5?

2. To what does Sade compare Marat's bath in Scene 15?

3. What part of Corday's body does the Salesman admire in the dagger-purchasing mime?

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

5. What Holocaust term does Sade use in describing mankind's inclination to kill in Scene 12?

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