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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 won't Mother Courage use her officers' shirts as bandages?
(a) Because they're expensive.
(b) Because she doesn't have very many.
(c) Because it's disrespectful.
(d) Because she has a low opinion of peasants.

2. Mother Courage calls Eilif her brave and ____ son.
(a) Clever.
(b) Arrogant.
(c) Handsome.
(d) Stupid.

3. What effect has Mother Courage had on the young soldier by the end of the scene?
(a) She has calmed him.
(b) She has converted him to Christianity.
(c) She has motivated him more.
(d) She has had no effect.

4. What happens to Yvette's first love?
(a) He became wealthy.
(b) He died.
(c) He was unfaithful.
(d) She left him.

5. What body part is one of the peasants missing after their farm is attacked?
(a) An arm.
(b) A foot.
(c) A leg.
(d) Some fingers.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the young soldier angry at by the end of Scene 4?

2. Instead of bells, what will there be at the commander's funeral?

3. What is Mother Courage's opinion of the commander?

4. The older soldier says that the young soldier is ______.

5. Why does Mother Courage sing "The Song of Great Capitulation"?

(see the answer key)

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