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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What unlikely thing does the chaplain claim one can find in war?
(a) Hope.
(b) Love.
(c) Fortune.
(d) Peace.

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

5. Where is Mother Courage when the soldiers come to the farmhouse?
(a) Fighting.
(b) She's been kidnapped.
(c) At the river.
(d) In town.

6. The soldiers threaten Kattrin by saying if she doesn't stop her commotion they will smash ______.
(a) Her wagon.
(b) The house.
(c) Her supplies.
(d) A clock.

7. Who passes by the farmhouse and Mother Courage follows and exits for the last time?
(a) A family.
(b) A man she recognizes.
(c) A regiment.
(d) Some priests.

8. Why is Eilif being killed?
(a) He attacked peasants.
(b) He's a traitor.
(c) He stole the Chief's wife.
(d) He is a lazy soldier.

9. Why doesn't Mother Courage want bed feathers?
(a) Because no one has beds.
(b) Because she's morally opposed to them.
(c) Because she's allergic.
(d) Because she already has some.

10. In her dreams, where does Mother Courage see herself pulling her cart?
(a) In a forest.
(b) Home.
(c) Through a battle.
(d) Through heaven and hell.

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

12. Where is Mother Courage going at the end of the play?
(a) Bavaria.
(b) Home.
(c) To follow the regiment.
(d) Utrecht.

13. According to the cook, what kind of life is a cook's life?
(a) A lonely life.
(b) A dog's life.
(c) A good life.
(d) A prosperous life.

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

15. What does Mother Courage live off of?
(a) Her children's labor.
(b) Her talents.
(c) The kindness of others.
(d) War.

Short Answer Questions

1. What instrument does Kattrin use in Scene 11?

2. What attitude does the chaplain have towards women?

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

4. Why does Mother Courage give the peasants money before she leaves Kattrin's body with them?

5. A soldier tells Kattrin if she comes down from the roof and takes them to her mother, they will ______________.

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