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

Short Answer Questions

1. The first soldier threatens that he will kill the cattle if the peasants are not ______.

2. Why does Mother Courage leave to go to the market after peace is declared?

3. The peasant woman calls Kattrin a ______ when she tells her to stop drumming.

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

5. Why is Eilif being killed?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The character of the chaplain is one that goes through the most dramatic metamorphosis. His role as a religious representative and overturning it is a powerful statement about religion on Brecht's part. What is this statement?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Discuss the dynamic of men vs. women and family versus solitude in "Mother Courage".

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