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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Why won't they ring bells for the commander's funeral?
(a) He doesn't deserve them.
(b) They destroyed the bells.
(c) He hated bells.
(d) Bells sound too celebratory.
2. What attitude does the chaplain have towards women?
(a) A respectful one.
(b) A condescending one.
(c) An unhealthy one.
(d) A flirtatious one.
3. Mother Courage claims that Kattrin would still be alive if the peasants hadn't told her about _______.
(a) Eilif's death.
(b) The children.
(c) The food.
(d) The drum.
4. Why doesn't Mother Courage want bed feathers?
(a) Because she's morally opposed to them.
(b) Because she's allergic.
(c) Because no one has beds.
(d) Because she already has some.
5. Why does Mother Courage leave the farmhouse at the end of the play?
(a) To go back to business.
(b) To pray for Swiss Cheese.
(c) To find food.
(d) To escape a bounty hunter.
6. Why is Mother Courage encouraged to leave the farmhouse quickly and not stay with Kattrin's body?
(a) Soldiers are coming.
(b) It's getting dark.
(c) The peasants are angry.
(d) She is very rude.
7. Why won't the young peasant help the soldiers in Scene 11?
(a) They will wake the baby.
(b) They smell bad.
(c) They didn't ask nicely.
(d) They are Catholic.
8. Why does the chaplain hesitate to put on his pastor's coat?
(a) He might be seen as the antichrist.
(b) He doesn't want to go back to religious life.
(c) It smells bad.
(d) He thinks it's cursed.
9. The soldiers threaten Kattrin by saying if she doesn't stop her commotion they will smash ______.
(a) The house.
(b) Her supplies.
(c) Her wagon.
(d) A clock.
10. Why can't Kattrin come to the inn?
(a) She doesn't want to leave the cart.
(b) There is no room.
(c) Her father will come looking for her.
(d) She steals.
11. Why doesn't the peasant want the soldiers to kill their cattle?
(a) They will starve.
(b) They're vegetarians.
(c) They will go broke.
(d) Their father will be mad.
12. Why do the soldiers come to the peasants' farmhouse late at night?
(a) To find their friend.
(b) To ask for food.
(c) To surrender.
(d) To get directions.
13. How do the soldiers silence Kattrin?
(a) They shoot her.
(b) They smash the wagon.
(c) They scold her.
(d) They climb up on the roof.
14. What unlikely thing does the chaplain claim one can find in war?
(a) Love.
(b) Peace.
(c) Hope.
(d) Fortune.
15. What does Mother Courage live off of?
(a) Her children's labor.
(b) The kindness of others.
(c) War.
(d) Her talents.
Short Answer Questions
1. Before she leaves the peasants' farmhouse, what does Mother Courage get for Kattrin from the wagon?
2. Why does Mother Courage give the peasants money before she leaves Kattrin's body with them?
3. Why does Kattrin go to the roof?
4. How does Kattrin react to the soldiers' attempts to silence her?
5. What is the background noise at the beginning of Scene 12?
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