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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 2, Scene 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the song the thugs sing at the feast?
(a) Wedding song for the Less Well-off.
(b) The Church Bells of Manchester.
(c) The Day of Bill's Last Breath.
(d) The Wedding Ballad.

2. What is the name of the song Macheath and Brown sing at the feast?
(a) Daniel's Message.
(b) The Cannon Song.
(c) The Soldier's Ballad.
(d) The War Cry.

3. Where is Polly to send Macheath's money?
(a) To Tiger Brown.
(b) Highland.
(c) Manchester.
(d) Winchester.

4. Who does Macheath leave in charge of business when he leaves?
(a) Matthew.
(b) Polly.
(c) Ned.
(d) Lucy.

5. Why does Mac berate the Gang in Act One Scene Two?
(a) He requests no bloodshed.
(b) They doesn't inform the minister.
(c) They forgets to bring candles.
(d) He wants more gold.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who sings the Ballad of Sexual Obsession?

2. When Mrs. Peachum comes to take Polly from the jail, what does she call Macheath?

3. Which character says, "What I need is artists. Only an artist can tug at anybody's heart strings nowadays"?

4. How many shopkeepers does Macheath kill, according to his charges?

5. Where does Macheath have a scar?

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