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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Scene 30, how does Corday respond to Duperret's entreaty to leave Paris?
(a) She kisses him goodbye.
(b) She calls the police to her assistance.
(c) She agrees.
(d) She kicks him.

2. Which of the following items is not something Marat blindly seeks in his fever at the beginning of Scene 21?
(a) His compress.
(b) His paper.
(c) His pen.
(d) His ink.

3. What affliction begins to show itself in Sade as he is whipped?
(a) Profuse sweating.
(b) Asthma.
(c) Incontinence.
(d) Heart palpitations.

4. Which of the following is something that Coulmier claims is absent in 1808?
(a) Pestilence.
(b) Social inequity.
(c) Violent crimes.
(d) Starvation.

5. How does Sade characterize his current station in the Revolution?
(a) Victim.
(b) Leader.
(c) Observor.
(d) Collaborator.

6. What does Coulmier invite the audience to do at the beginning of the Epilogue?
(a) Attend some post-performance drinks.
(b) Meet the actors.
(c) Close the history book.
(d) Embrace the newly-won peace of the present.

7. How many years does the Interruptus cover?
(a) 4.
(b) 18.
(c) 15.
(d) 25.

8. Who is in charge of France at the end of the Interruptus narrative?
(a) Louis XV.
(b) Robespierre.
(c) Napoleon.
(d) Danton.

9. Which of the following is something that Sade claims the hypothetical Revolutionaries expect from the Revolution?
(a) Bags of gold.
(b) New shoes.
(c) A bigger house.
(d) A milder summer.

10. Which of the following is not something the Singers accuse the rich of hoarding at the beginning of Scene 16?
(a) Jobs.
(b) Gold.
(c) Arms.
(d) Friends.

11. What memorial of Marat does Sade prophesy the people will smash?
(a) His home.
(b) His grave.
(c) His statue.
(d) His urn.

12. What institution's sacking does Sade recall witnessing in this section?
(a) A manor.
(b) An art museum.
(c) A convent.
(d) A library.

13. Where did Corday spend her youth?
(a) A convent.
(b) Paris.
(c) Prussia.
(d) A military barracks.

14. What does Marat demand be done with the seized farmland?
(a) It should be converted into a public park.
(b) Schools should be built on it.
(c) It should be divided into allotments.
(d) It should be used for military exercises.

15. Which of the following words is not chanted by the inmates at the end of the play?
(a) Copulation.
(b) Napoleon.
(c) Nation.
(d) Declaration.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Scene 25, Which of the following roles is not one that Simone claims petitioners expect Marat to enact?

2. In Scene 18, for what group does Marat say the Revolution was fought?

3. Which of the following is not something that Duperret accuses Mara of being in Scene 17?

4. Which book of the Old Testament does Corday read in Caen?

5. What affliction of Marat does the Schoolmaster mock in Scene 26?

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