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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. Who does Yvette marry?
(a) The commander.
(b) A salesman.
(c) A low-ranking soldier.
(d) A colonel.

3. What does the voice from the house offer to the cook?
(a) Advice.
(b) Clean clothes.
(c) Soup.
(d) A place to sleep.

4. What does the cook call the chaplain when they fight over Mother Courage?
(a) A stud.
(b) A windbag.
(c) A hero.
(d) A fool.

5. How do the soldiers silence Kattrin?
(a) They smash the wagon.
(b) They climb up on the roof.
(c) They scold her.
(d) They shoot her.

6. Why does Kattrin go to the roof?
(a) To look at stars.
(b) To jump off.
(c) To warn the peasants.
(d) To get some perspective.

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

8. Where is the peseants' ladder to get to the roof?
(a) Stolen.
(b) In town.
(c) On the roof.
(d) In the shed.

9. A soldier tells Kattrin if she comes down from the roof and takes them to her mother, they will ______________.
(a) Find her a new family.
(b) Kill the cattle.
(c) Give her money.
(d) Spare her mother.

10. Instead of being dead, Mother Courage insists that Kattrin is ______.
(a) Asleep.
(b) Injured.
(c) Pretending.
(d) Alive.

11. Why won't the young peasant help the soldiers in Scene 11?
(a) They smell bad.
(b) They didn't ask nicely.
(c) They will wake the baby.
(d) They are Catholic.

12. What is Mother Courage finally tired of after traveling with the army for so long?
(a) The cook talking.
(b) Responsibility.
(c) Kattrin.
(d) Wandering.

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

14. What does Mother Courage not know at the end of the play?
(a) She is a wanted woman.
(b) Her home's been destroyed.
(c) She is sick.
(d) Eilif is dead.

15. What does the chaplain call the cook?
(a) A fool.
(b) A Don Juan.
(c) A wizard.
(d) A coward.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mother Courage sing to Kattrin's body?

2. What attitude does the chaplain have towards women?

3. What does Mother Courage live off of?

4. How does the cook refer to Mother Courage when the chaplain insults her?

5. Why should the cook talk quietly when he is talking to Mother Courage about the inn?

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