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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Which world does Roux utter in Scene 4 before being shushed by Coulmier?
(a) Death.
(b) Liberty.
(c) Never.
(d) Curse.

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

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

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

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

8. Which of the following is not an example Coulmier offers of the Church assisting the poor?
(a) Free housing.
(b) Clothing drives.
(c) Soup kitchens.
(d) Medical aid.

9. Which of the following is not a famous moment of the Revolution mentioned in Scene 5?
(a) The killing of the aristocrats.
(b) The fall of the Bastille.
(c) Danton's death.
(d) The execution of the King.

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

11. From what affliction does the actress playing Corday suffer?
(a) Erotomania.
(b) Paranoia.
(c) Sleeping sickness.
(d) Fits of rage.

12. Who does the Herald signal in Scene 3?
(a) The Male Nurses.
(b) Sade.
(c) Marat.
(d) The Orchestra.

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

14. How old is Marat when the events of the play begin?
(a) 50.
(b) 72.
(c) 23.
(d) 35.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of Dupperet's articles of clothing is mentioned by the Herald in Scene 4?

2. From what country is the man who is brutally murdered by Sade's tailor?

3. In Scene 6, Jacques Roux protests that the ruling class controls all of the following except which?

4. What actions are the Male Nurses performing at the top of the play?

5. Who is attending Corday in the first scene of the play?

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