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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. In Scene 14, which prayer does a patient recite in a perverse form?
(a) Hail Mary.
(b) Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep.
(c) Our Father.
(d) The Apostles Creed.

2. Which of the following is not an example Coulmier offers of the Church assisting the poor?
(a) Medical aid.
(b) Free housing.
(c) Soup kitchens.
(d) Clothing drives.

3. What was Jacques Roux's former profession?
(a) Priest.
(b) Baker.
(c) Politician.
(d) Soldier.

4. In what French town is the play's asylum located?
(a) Charenton.
(b) Bergerac.
(c) Caen.
(d) Lille.

5. From what affliction does the actress playing Corday suffer?
(a) Fits of rage.
(b) Sleeping sickness.
(c) Erotomania.
(d) Paranoia.

Short Answer Questions

1. From what French town does Corday reside?

2. Which of the following groups is not one lambasted by the singers of Scene 5?

3. Who sings to the riled patients at the end of Scene 6?

4. In the beginning of Scene 6, a patient claims that all are free and equal to do what?

5. Where on her body does Corday carry her knife?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Sade say in Scene 24 to appease Coulmier?

2. What interrupts the murder of Marat in Scene 31?

3. Explain the message of the song Poor Old Marat in Scene 21.

4. What is the topic of Corday's song in Scene 7?

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

6. How does the Herald calm Coulmier in Scene 11?

7. How does the actress playing Corday nearly ruin the play in Scene 9?

8. Why does Sade feel the need to write horrific stories of aristocrats while in the Bastille?

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

10. What historical events have occurred in France in the four years prior to the events of the play-within-the-play?

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