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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Coulmier's official position?
(a) Director of the Asylum.
(b) Ambassador from the Emperor.
(c) Monsignor.
(d) Magistrate.

2. What disease's effects are the wigs described in Scene 10 intended to conceal?
(a) Syphilis.
(b) Dysentary.
(c) Dysphasia.
(d) Anemia.

3. In Marat's rant in Scene 9, where does he say the Parisian hypocrites where the crown?
(a) Their underwear.
(b) Their caps.
(c) Their hose.
(d) Their hearts.

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

5. According to Sade at the end of Scene 11, from what does the guillotine deliver its victims?
(a) Uncertainty.
(b) Boredom.
(c) Humiliation.
(d) Penury.

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

7. Which of the following groups is not one lambasted by the singers of Scene 5?
(a) Aristocrats.
(b) Generals.
(c) Priests.
(d) Bankers.

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

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

10. For what affliction is Marat always submerged in a bath?
(a) Depression.
(b) A fever.
(c) Leprosy.
(d) Muscle tension.

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

12. What character enters in the first scene at Sade beckon?
(a) Corday.
(b) Marat.
(c) Herald.
(d) Coulmier.

13. How many times does the Herald knock his staff at the beginning of Scene 3?
(a) Three times.
(b) Four times.
(c) Once.
(d) Twice.

14. Who accompanies Marat at his static position at the beginning of the play?
(a) Simone.
(b) Dupperret.
(c) Sade.
(d) Corday.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which world does Roux utter in Scene 4 before being shushed by Coulmier?

2. Coulmier protests in Scene 11 that he brought in the public to show that his patients are not what?

3. What mental affliction does the actor playing Marat have?

4. Which of the following characters is not one of the Singers?

5. According to the Herald, what do Marat and Simone share in addition to a vision of France?

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