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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Instead of bells, what will there be at the commander's funeral?
(a) Drums.
(b) Live music.
(c) Song.
(d) Gun shots.

2. What instrument does Kattrin use in Scene 11?
(a) A drum.
(b) A tambourine.
(c) A flute.
(d) A guitar.

3. Why does the commander die?
(a) He was in the front lines.
(b) He was assassinated.
(c) It was an accident.
(d) He killed himself.

4. Why is Mother Courage so concerned about the war ending?
(a) She wants to see her son again.
(b) She's bored with war.
(c) She might buy more supplies.
(d) She made a prophecy.

5. What does it mean that there are no lights on in the parson's house?
(a) They're hiding.
(b) They've been robbed.
(c) No one's awake.
(d) No one's home.

6. Why is Mother Courage encouraged to leave the farmhouse quickly and not stay with Kattrin's body?
(a) She is very rude.
(b) Soldiers are coming.
(c) The peasants are angry.
(d) It's getting dark.

7. What is the cook's name, according to Yvette?
(a) Uncle Sam.
(b) Don Juan.
(c) Peter Piper.
(d) John Doe.

8. What prayer do the peasants pray when the soldiers are threatening them in their farmhouse?
(a) Our Father.
(b) Hail Mary.
(c) Hallelujah.
(d) The Forgiveness Song.

9. What song does the cook sing to the parson?
(a) The Song of the Wise Woman and the Soldier.
(b) The Song of the Great Souls of the Earth.
(c) The Song of Great Capitulation.
(d) The Song of Mother Courage.

10. Mother Courage claims that Kattrin would still be alive if the peasants hadn't told her about _______.
(a) The children.
(b) Eilif's death.
(c) The food.
(d) The drum.

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

12. How does Kattrin react when the peasants tell her there are children in town?
(a) She grows hysterical.
(b) She is indifferent.
(c) She is happy.
(d) She is troubled.

13. Why won't the clerk go to the commander's funeral?
(a) Because he can't find a ride.
(b) Because he didn't like the commander.
(c) Because of the rain.
(d) Because he is forbidden to.

14. How does Mother Courage see the chaplain?
(a) As a helping hand.
(b) As a fool.
(c) As a father figure.
(d) As a potential husband.

15. Why can't the peasants go to town the night the soldiers come to their farmhouse?
(a) They don't know the way.
(b) There are too many soldiers.
(c) They are lazy.
(d) They've been tied up.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why doesn't Mother Courage want peace?

2. Why won't the young peasant help the soldiers in Scene 11?

3. The first soldier threatens that he will kill the cattle if the peasants are not ______.

4. What does the chaplain call the cook?

5. What does Mother Courage not know at the end of the play?

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