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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Scene 11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Eilif want from Mother Courage when he sends her a message?
(a) A wife.
(b) Help.
(c) Money.
(d) Food.

2. What are men doing instead of going to the commander's funeral?
(a) Fighting.
(b) Shopping.
(c) Scheming.
(d) Drinking.

3. Why does the chaplain need linen?
(a) To sew with.
(b) To sleep on.
(c) To bandage the peasants.
(d) To mend the tent.

4. What are the peasants Eilif attacks doing with their food?
(a) Hiding it.
(b) Throwing it away.
(c) They have none.
(d) Selling it.

5. Why doesn't Mother Courage have any bandages to help the peasants with?
(a) They are impossible to find.
(b) She used them herself.
(c) She sold them all to soldiers.
(d) She was robbed.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Eilif aspire to be like?

2. Why does Yvette sing "The Fraternization Song"?

3. Why would Kattrin be bad for business at the inn?

4. Why does Mother Courage feel it's unfortunate that the commander died?

5. What does the clerk know about Mother Courage?

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