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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 13, what role did the kings hold to the people?
(a) Servants.
(b) Fathers.
(c) Messiahs.
(d) Livelihoods.

2. According to Sade at the end of Scene 11, from what does the guillotine deliver its victims?
(a) Penury.
(b) Boredom.
(c) Humiliation.
(d) Uncertainty.

3. 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 want to do.
(c) What we are ordered to do.
(d) What we should do.

4. In her Scene 7 song, Corday says that which two words meant different things to her and Marat?
(a) Freedom and mercy.
(b) Action and fear.
(c) Love and change.
(d) Wealth and poverty.

5. Where does Corday tell Simone that Marat's enemies are gathering in Scene 9?
(a) Versailles.
(b) Somme.
(c) Bordeaux.
(d) Caen.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the Herald at the end of Scene 4, what is the audience about to watch Marat do?

2. What character enters in the first scene at Sade beckon?

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

4. How many times does the Herald knock his staff at the beginning of Scene 3?

5. Who does the Herald signal in Scene 3?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What viewpoint of the world does Sade espouse to Marat in Scene Scene 30?

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

6. In 1793, what is the common people's attitude toward the new ruling class in France?

7. What are Sade's expectations of the Revolution, and are they realized?

8. What is the nature of Marat's life in 1793?

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

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

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