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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 does Mother Courage take from the soldier as payment?
(a) The fur coat.
(b) His shoes.
(c) His brandy.
(d) One guilder.

2. When Mother Courage sees Kattrin with the board, she calls her a ________.
(a) Genius.
(b) Lunatic.
(c) Idiot.
(d) Angel.

3. Why does the recruiting officer say you can't take a man's word anymore?
(a) No one has any sense of honor.
(b) His best friend stole from him.
(c) He is angry with the king.
(d) His wife cheated on him.

4. Why does Kattrin run into the peasants' dilapidated house?
(a) She has a death wish.
(b) Mother Courage told her to.
(c) Her mother's supplies are inside.
(d) There's a baby inside.

5. What kind of rage does Mother Courage think the young soldier has?
(a) A short-lived one.
(b) A serious one.
(c) A justified one.
(d) An ignorant one.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Eilif want from Mother Courage when he sends her a message?

2. What bible passage does the chaplain quote after Eilif's story?

3. Why does Mother Courage draw a black cross for "death"?

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

5. Why does the older soldier tell the young soldier to be quiet?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does the soldier wear a woman's fur coat?

3. Why do all of Mother Courage's children have names of different origins?

4. Why is Kattrin mute?

5. Does the cook give an ultimatum to the parson to convince him to give them soup?

6. Does Mother Courage seem more human in Scene 8?

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

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

9. Is Mother Courage angry with Eilif for taking the oxen from the peasants?

10. Does Mother Courage think Kattrin will have an easy life as a wife?

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