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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What affliction of Marat does the Schoolmaster mock in Scene 26?
(a) A stutter.
(b) A skin disease.
(c) A chronic fever.
(d) A lisp.

2. In Scene 23, what does Marat warn the rich will do the the poor at a moment's notice?
(a) Send them to war.
(b) Burn down their homes.
(c) Have them killed.
(d) Turn them out on the streets.

3. In Scene 30, Sade tells Marat that his writings mean nothing compared to what?
(a) Corday's body.
(b) The indifference of history.
(c) The death they inspired.
(d) Sade's writings.

4. Who is the first voice from Marat's past to speak in Scene 26?
(a) His father.
(b) His mother.
(c) His schoolmaster.
(d) A military representative.

5. According to Corday in Scene 29, who fills the prisons of Paris?
(a) Her friends.
(b) Innocent men.
(c) Martyrs.
(d) Charlatans and rakes.

6. What part of Corday's body does Duperret kiss repeatedly in Scene 22?
(a) Her breast.
(b) Her hand.
(c) Her leg.
(d) Her neck.

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

8. In Duperret's Scene 22 song, who is the only entity that man will be expected to obey in an ideal world?
(a) Himself.
(b) The market.
(c) The king.
(d) God.

9. In Scene 27, to whom does Marat accuse the generals of being loyal?
(a) The Prussians.
(b) The deposed prince.
(c) The emigres.
(d) No one.

10. Who begins throwing items at the nurses during the Epilogue?
(a) Herald.
(b) Marat.
(c) Corday.
(d) Duperret.

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

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

13. According to Marat, why is the rumor being spread that wages will soon be raised?
(a) To find organizers amongst the workers.
(b) To increase production.
(c) To gauge public opinion on this.
(d) To quell violent discontent.

14. 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 pen.
(c) His paper.
(d) His ink.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the Singers at the end of Scene 25, what can Marat not cure?

2. What is Sade doing in the final moments of the play?

3. What does Simone think she sees in the sky in Scene 21?

4. Who separates Duperrat and Corday when the former begins to molest the latter?

5. Where did Corday spend her youth?

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