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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Scenes 9-10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why do the poor need courage?
(a) They're doomed.
(b) They're weak.
(c) They're lost.
(d) They're going to fight.

2. What does the cook try to exchange for dinner?
(a) Kattrin.
(b) Honesty.
(c) Money.
(d) Supplies.

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

4. Mother Courage observes that there is no ______ in being seated.
(a) Dignity.
(b) Shame.
(c) Glory.
(d) Revolt.

5. How much does Mother Courage try to sell the capon to the Cook for?
(a) Ten hellers.
(b) Fifty hellers.
(c) Sixty hellers.
(d) Seventy hellers.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mother Courage compare mixing the slips of paper in the helmet to?

2. Why does Mother Courage think Eilif is in high favor of the commander?

3. Why shouldn't Kattrin run in to the peasants' house?

4. What does the recruiting officer think the army needs?

5. What does the young solder threaten he will do to the captain?

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