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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 3, Scene 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Act Two Scene Four take place?
(a) The stable.
(b) The jail.
(c) Peachum's shop.
(d) The garden.

2. What part of London does Act One Scene Two take place?
(a) Soho.
(b) The Wharf.
(c) East End.
(d) Little Village.

3. What does Mrs. Peachum refer to Macheath as?
(a) A bandit.
(b) A horse thief and highwayman.
(c) A murderous villain.
(d) A tawdry slut.

4. What does Brown do when Mac doesn't speak to him?
(a) Slaps him.
(b) Arrests him.
(c) Weeps.
(d) Laughs.

5. What is Macheath's nickname?
(a) Macbeth.
(b) The Dark Knight.
(c) The Prince of Thieves.
(d) Mac the Knife.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Macheath's "Tragic Flaw"?

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

3. Who is the author of The Threepenny Opera?

4. Which character comes to arrest Macheath?

5. Which character says, "You get that every day at Mac the Knife's. You've landed in the honey pot all right."

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