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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does the recruiting officer think the army needs?
(a) Books.
(b) Food.
(c) Women soldiers.
(d) Discipline.

3. Who is the young soldier angry at by the end of Scene 4?
(a) Mother Courage.
(b) The Clerk.
(c) The Captain.
(d) The Older Soldier.

4. Why does the first soldier want brandy?
(a) Because he's bored.
(b) Because it's free.
(c) Because he's an alcoholic.
(d) Because he missed the plunder.

5. What is Swiss Cheese's real name?
(a) Victor.
(b) Eilif.
(c) Feyos.
(d) Henry.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Kattrin retrieve from the peasants' house?

2. How much does the cook end up buying the capon for?

3. Mother Courage thinks Eilif should be ashamed of himself for speculating about ______________.

4. Why doesn't Mother Courage have any bandages to help the peasants with?

5. What does the chaplain call Kattrin?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Mother Courage frantic to dress Kattrin more modestly and smear ashes on her face?

2. Why can't Mother Courage tell the soldiers who arrested Swiss Cheese that he is her son?

3. Why won't they ring the church bells for the commander's funeral?

4. Why does Yvette drink in the morning?

5. Has Eilif's brutality finally caught up to him when peace is declared?

6. Why does Mother Courage think the commander is bad at his job?

7. Why does Mother Courage claim 60 hellers is a good deal for a cabon?

8. Why does Kattrin run out to the peasant's house in Scene 5?

9. Why does Mother Courage sing "The Song of Great Capitulation" to calm the young soldier?

10. In Scene 6, how does the chaplain begin to see Mother Courage?

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