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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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 quell violent discontent.
(d) To gauge public opinion on this.

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

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

5. What doe the Singers complain still goes on in secret at the end of Scene 24?
(a) Slavery.
(b) Torture.
(c) Nepotism.
(d) Corruption.

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

7. Who separates Duperrat and Corday when the former begins to molest the latter?
(a) Sade.
(b) A male nurse.
(c) Herald.
(d) A sister.

8. What are the fates of both Duperret and Corday after Marat's murder?
(a) The are exiled from France.
(b) They go into hiding.
(c) They are given positions in Danton's government.
(d) They are executed.

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

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

11. What two things does Corday claim Marat wants in Scene 17?
(a) Wealth and preference.
(b) Anonymity and peace.
(c) Law and order.
(d) Anarchy and confusion.

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

13. Which of the following vocations is not mentioned among Sage's eight fictional artisans in Scene 24?
(a) A cook.
(b) A masseuse.
(c) A cobbler.
(d) A wine-maker.

14. What does Sade say is essential to any real revolution in Scene 30?
(a) A goal.
(b) Leadership.
(c) Copulation.
(d) Blood.

15. In Scene 25, Which of the following roles is not one that Simone claims petitioners expect Marat to enact?
(a) Doctor.
(b) Father.
(c) Confessor.
(d) Lawyer.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who do the Singers say speaks for all of France?

2. Which of the following is something that Coulmier claims is absent in 1808?

3. Who speaks the final words of the first act?

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

5. When Coulmier interrupts Roux in Scene 19, what does he claim everyone in modern-day France is?

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