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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the first soldier wearing?

2. What is Mother Courage's opinion of the commander?

3. What does Mother Courage compare mixing the slips of paper in the helmet to?

4. What does the sergeant predict Swiss Cheese's nationality is?

5. What does Mother Courage decide to do at the end of the scene?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does the cook not want Kattrin to come to Utrecht?

3. Are the peasants hypocrites?

4. Why is Mother Courage initially upset when she finds out the war is over?

5. Has Yvette benefited from the war?

6. Has Mother Courage learned anything by the end of the play?

7. How does Mother Courage calm the young soldier?

8. What issue does the sergeant have with peace?

9. Why does the soldier threaten to kill the cattle instead of the peasants?

10. Does the chaplain fall short of his "duty" in Scene 2?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Motherhood is one of the defining traits of Mother Courage's character. How does "motherhood" function in "Mother Courage and Her Children"?

Essay Topic 2

In the pivotal scene of false peace in "Mother Courage", both Kattrin and Yvette come out of the war 'deformed' in some way. Discuss characters' deformities and demises in conjuncture with their personalities.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss what characterizes and defines the climax and denouement of "Mother Courage".

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