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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To what does Sade compare Marat's bath in Scene 15?
(a) A womb.
(b) Hell.
(c) A dungeon.
(d) The ocean.

2. What item does Corday want to buy after arriving into town in Scene 10?
(a) A dress.
(b) A toy guillotine.
(c) A Bible.
(d) A knife.

3. What is the "lurid star" under which the Herald says Sade came to the asylum?
(a) Madness.
(b) Resistence.
(c) Notoriety.
(d) Passion.

4. What is Coulmier's official position?
(a) Ambassador from the Emperor.
(b) Monsignor.
(c) Magistrate.
(d) Director of the Asylum.

5. How does Sade characterize the process by which Revolutionaries dole out death sentences?
(a) Mathematical.
(b) Soporific.
(c) Haphazard.
(d) Orgiastic.

Short Answer Questions

1. What action is Simone performing at the beginning of Scene 3?

2. What part of Corday's body does the Salesman admire in the dagger-purchasing mime?

3. What Holocaust term does Sade use in describing mankind's inclination to kill in Scene 12?

4. Which character's name does the Heral mention appearing on Marat's black list in Scene 4?

5. What was the former profession of the interrupting patient in Scene 14?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Scene 8, how does Marat explain that the expectations of the Revolution proved faulty?

2. Why is Marat particularly outraged by aristocratic revulsion at the executions?

3. Why does Coulmier stop the play in Scene 6?

4. What do the apparitions of Scene 26 reveal about Marat?

5. Describe the argument Sade and Marat have regarding compassion.

6. How does the Herald describe Marat in Scene 4?

7. Why is Coulmier outraged by Marat's Liturgy?

8. What horrors does Corday witness in Scene 10?

9. What false story does Corday deliver in her first visit to Marat's lodging?

10. What final points does Coulmier make in the Epilogue?

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