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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Scene 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why doesn't the peasant want the soldiers to kill their cattle?
(a) Their father will be mad.
(b) They're vegetarians.
(c) They will starve.
(d) They will go broke.

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

3. Swiss Cheese takes after a _____ man.
(a) Cuban.
(b) French.
(c) Italian.
(d) Hungarian.

4. What regiment is Mother Courage's family from?
(a) First Finnish Regiment.
(b) Second Finnish Regiment.
(c) Third Polish Regiment.
(d) Second Polish Regiment.

5. Why won't Swiss Cheese steal the money from the pay box?
(a) His mother told him not to.
(b) There isn't any money.
(c) It is locked.
(d) He is too honest and simple.

Short Answer Questions

1. What attitude does the chaplain have towards women?

2. Why does Yvette drink in the morning?

3. Why does the commander die?

4. Why can't the peasants go to town the night the soldiers come to their farmhouse?

5. What is Swiss Cheese's real name?

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