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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Scenes 6-7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Mother Courage sing "The Song of Great Capitulation"?
(a) To calm the soldier.
(b) To get money.
(c) To pass the time.
(d) To tell a story.

2. What unlikely thing does the chaplain claim one can find in war?
(a) Love.
(b) Hope.
(c) Fortune.
(d) Peace.

3. In the chaplain's opinion, where do commanders grow?
(a) On trees.
(b) At home.
(c) In the ground.
(d) In the heart.

4. When her mother doesn't help the peasants, why does Kattrin pick up the wooden board in the tent?
(a) To put out a fire.
(b) To bolt the door.
(c) To mend the house.
(d) To threaten her mother.

5. What does Mother Courage decide to do at the end of the scene?
(a) Defend the young soldier's complaint.
(b) Complain to someone else.
(c) Join the army.
(d) Not complain.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the first soldier want brandy?

2. Mother Courage observes that Kattrin "sits, happy as a _______ in all this misery" of the suffering peasants.

3. How long has it been since Mother Courage has seen Eilif?

4. What does Kattrin retrieve from the peasants' house?

5. In the commander's opinion, what does Eilif still believe in?

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