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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Coulmier protests in Scene 11 that he brought in the public to show that his patients are not what?
(a) Subversives.
(b) Lepers.
(c) Maniacs.
(d) Vegetables.

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

4. What actions are the Male Nurses performing at the top of the play?
(a) Playing cards and drinking wine.
(b) Applying bandages and giving medication.
(c) Chaining patients.
(d) Bathing and massages.

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

6. Which of the following is not a term hurled at the poor when a shop is looted?
(a) Beggars.
(b) Villains.
(c) Gutter rats.
(d) Charlatans.

7. According to Marat, what does one see everywhere one looks in 1793?
(a) His portrait.
(b) Squalor.
(c) Corpses.
(d) Corruption.

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

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

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

11. In what room of the asylum does the play take place?
(a) Coulmier's lodging.
(b) The bathhouse.
(c) The courtyard.
(d) The refractory.

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

13. To what building does Corday compare Paris in Scene 10?
(a) A public bath.
(b) A cathedral.
(c) A slaughterhouse.
(d) An outhouse.

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

15. What was the former profession of the interrupting patient in Scene 14?
(a) A military attache.
(b) A diplomat.
(c) A surgeon.
(d) An abbot.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who shouts "Long live the Revolution" midway through the Homage to Marat?

3. What historical figure did Damiens try to assassinate?

4. Where on her body does Corday carry her knife?

5. At the end of Scene 11, where does Corday imagine she is?

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