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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 3, Scene 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who pays Mac a visit in Act One Scene Two?
(a) Jake.
(b) Tiger Brown.
(c) Mr. Peachum.
(d) Ned.

2. When speaking to Lucy in Act Three, when does Polly say she marries Macheath?
(a) The day before yesterday.
(b) Last month.
(c) Two weeks ago.
(d) A week ago.

3. Who is the main character in The Threepenny Opera?
(a) Polly Peachum.
(b) Low-Dive Jenny.
(c) Macheath.
(d) Tiger Brown.

4. Where does the narrator say Macheath flees to in Act Two Scene Four?
(a) Scotland.
(b) Highgate.
(c) The northern countryside.
(d) Edinburgh.

5. What is the reward for turning in Macheath?
(a) Two hundred pounds.
(b) Sixty pounds.
(c) Forty pounds.
(d) One hundred pounds.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Macheath always wear?

2. Who sings, "What the use of grieving, when the mother who bore you (Mary, pity women!) knows it all before you"?

3. What is the name of the song the thugs sing at the feast?

4. To whom does Mac say "you drink too much"?

5. What is the name of Jonathan Peachum's business?

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