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

Short Answer Questions

1. What attitude does the chaplain have towards women?

2. Why doesn't Mother Courage want bed feathers?

3. Why do the poor need courage?

4. Why would Kattrin be bad for business at the inn?

5. What is the background noise at the beginning of Scene 12?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Virtue is valued differently in times of peace and war and is used as a commodity throughout the play. Discuss the purpose of "virtue" to the characters of "Mother Courage" and the play's statement of war as a whole.

Essay Topic 3

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?

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