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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Into what does Roux demand the churches of France be converted?
(a) Museums.
(b) Soup kitchens.
(c) Schools.
(d) Housing.

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

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

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

5. Near the end of Scene 27, what word does Marat say should be abolished?
(a) Want.
(b) Dictator.
(c) God.
(d) Wealth.

6. What does Simone think she sees in the sky in Scene 21?
(a) The moon.
(b) An eclipse.
(c) Smoke.
(d) The hand of God.

7. How do the Singers say they will impart the words they cannot speak freely?
(a) Carve them into our skin.
(b) Shout them from the rafters.
(c) Keep them to themselves.
(d) Breathe them in our ear.

8. Which book of the Old Testament does Corday read in Caen?
(a) Leviticus.
(b) Judith.
(c) Jeremiah.
(d) Ruth.

9. Which character does not sing at all during the play?
(a) Corday.
(b) Marat.
(c) Cucurucu.
(d) Duperret.

10. Which French Minister does Marat accuse of counterfeiting banknotes?
(a) The Minister of Trade.
(b) The Minister of Commerce.
(c) The Minister of Finance.
(d) The Minister of Labor.

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

12. According to the Herald in Scene 19, what is the most sympathetic way to be executed?
(a) Cricifixion.
(b) The guillotine.
(c) Hemlock.
(d) Burning at the stake.

13. Which of the following groups is not one that Coulmier interrupts the play to defend?
(a) The high academics.
(b) The priests.
(c) The post-Revolutionary politicians.
(d) The soldiers.

14. To what animal does Marat compare the members of the new ruling class in France?
(a) Falcon.
(b) Chimpanzee.
(c) Crocodile.
(d) Snail.

15. Which of the following inmates is strait-jacketed throughout the entire play?
(a) Roux.
(b) Polpoch.
(c) Herald.
(d) Duperret.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sade want remembered about himself after his death?

2. At the end of Scene 28, the Singers complain that Marat's writings have done what to France?

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

4. What is the name of the man to whom Marat dictates his calls to the people?

5. Which of the following words is not chanted by the inmates at the end of the play?

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