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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What color is Corday's hair?
(a) Grey.
(b) Auburn.
(c) Black.
(d) Blonde.

3. In Scene 30, of what does Sade say the world consists?
(a) Bodies.
(b) Monetary interests.
(c) Lies.
(d) Dirt.

4. According to the Herald in Scene 31, what does Sade intend to show Marat before the murder?
(a) The afterlife.
(b) The full conspiracy against him.
(c) The future.
(d) Compassion.

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

6. According to Marat in Scene 27, what has the Minister of War sold to France's enemies?
(a) Arms.
(b) Corn.
(c) His chateau.
(d) State secrets.

7. What is Sade doing in the final moments of the play?
(a) Laughing.
(b) Sleeping.
(c) Undressing.
(d) Dancing.

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

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

10. Which of the following body parts is not one Corday mentions still having life after beheading in Scene 29?
(a) Eyes.
(b) Legs.
(c) Genitals.
(d) Tongue.

11. Who speaks the final words of the first act?
(a) Coulmier.
(b) Herald.
(c) Roux.
(d) Sade.

12. Who interrupts the song several times during the Epilogue?
(a) Coulmier.
(b) Marat.
(c) Sade.
(d) Roux.

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

14. In the Singers' Scene 21 song, what has just been destroyed?
(a) The central guillotine scaffold.
(b) Marat's printing press.
(c) Corday's carriage.
(d) Marat's front door.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. At the end of Scene 16, the Harald claims the players want to see the people live in harmony with what?

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

4. In Scene 23, what does Marat warn the rich will do the the poor at a moment's notice?

5. Which of the following groups is not one that Coulmier interrupts the play to defend?

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