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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. To what does the Herald compare Marat's skin in Scene 4?
(a) Iron.
(b) Wood.
(c) Mud.
(d) Cheese.

5. What aspect of Charlotte Corday does the Herald apologize to the audience for mentioning?
(a) Her moral laxness.
(b) Her attractiveness.
(c) Her wealth.
(d) Her madness.

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

7. In Scene 13, what does Marat say is the essential lie the ruling class gave the poor?
(a) Poverty as a virtue.
(b) Divine right.
(c) Love of enemies.
(d) Honor in suffering.

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

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

10. In Scene 11, Marat accuses aristocrats of make secret deals with whom?
(a) The reactionary bourgeoisie.
(b) Foreign armies.
(c) The deposed royal family.
(d) The Catholic Church.

11. With what adjective does Coulmier describe the keepers of the asylum in Scene 2?
(a) Reverent.
(b) Enlightened.
(c) Vigilent.
(d) Optimistic.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In what way does Coulmier protest Sade must present his play?

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

3. What abstract purveyor of death does Sade say he hates in Scene 12?

4. Which what is Marat's tub filling in Scene 8?

5. At the beginning of the song in Scene 10, what emotion has nearly defeated Corday?

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