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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. What disease's effects are the wigs described in Scene 10 intended to conceal?
(a) Syphilis.
(b) Anemia.
(c) Dysentary.
(d) Dysphasia.

2. According to Sade at the beginning of Scene 15, what we do is the shadow of what?
(a) What others have done before us.
(b) What we are ordered to do.
(c) What we want to do.
(d) What we should do.

3. What device's "singing" is Corday said to have hears in Scene 10?
(a) The printing press.
(b) The pipe organ.
(c) The guillotine.
(d) The tumbrel.

4. In Scene 13, what does Marat say is the essential lie the ruling class gave the poor?
(a) Poverty as a virtue.
(b) Honor in suffering.
(c) Divine right.
(d) Love of enemies.

5. What word do the patients chant in unison in Scene 6?
(a) Freedom.
(b) France.
(c) Marat.
(d) Death.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many years has the Marquis de Sade been living at Charenton at the time of the play?

2. What two omnipresent groups represent the asylum security throughout the play?

3. How old is Marat when the events of the play begin?

4. Which of the following is one of the actions that Corday accuses Marat of inciting in Scene 7?

5. What is Coulmier's official position?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the role of the audience in the play?

2. What is the state of the Revolution in 1793, according to the Singers in Scene 5?

3. What satirical argument does Sade make about the aristocracy at the end of this section?

4. Describe Corday and Duperret's interchange in Scene 29.

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

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

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

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

9. What recommendation does Duperret make to Corday in Scene 17?

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

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