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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the commander die?

2. What does Mother Courage live off of?

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

4. Where is the peseants' ladder to get to the roof?

5. Why is the cook angry with the chaplain when he returns?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What do characters' convictions mean to them? What do they hold for the fate of others? What constitutes change for characters? What does it hold for the fate of the play?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss Brecht's use of compassion and depravity side-by-side in "Mother Courage".

Essay Topic 3

Discuss "humanity" in "Mother Courage".

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