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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is in the vans arriving in Act One Scene Two?
(a) Gifts from the Queen.
(b) Prostitutes.
(c) Horses.
(d) Stolen furniture.

2. Who says, "If you are, these gentlemen would rip your pants off long ago and tan your ass for you"?
(a) Macheath.
(b) Matthew.
(c) Polly.
(d) Lucy.

3. Which character says, "Where'er you go I shall be with you"?
(a) Macheath.
(b) Lucy.
(c) Jenny.
(d) Polly.

4. What does Macheath say he's "going to go over" to in a few weeks?
(a) The police.
(b) Banking.
(c) Villainy.
(d) Her father.

5. What does Brown tell Polly about Macheath?
(a) There is nothing he can do for him now.
(b) He kills him.
(c) He loves him.
(d) He does his best to keep him out of prison.

6. What is the term for the style of production of The Threepenny Opera?
(a) The Modern Musical.
(b) Realism.
(c) Avant Garde.
(d) Epic Theatre.

7. What does Polly request the thugs do while she sings in Act One?
(a) Pretend to pay her money.
(b) Pretend they're beggars.
(c) Dance.
(d) Pretend they're customers at a bar.

8. Who sings at the end of Act One Scene Two?
(a) Polly and Mr. Peachum.
(b) Macheath and Ned.
(c) Polly and Macheath.
(d) Mrs. Peachum and Mr. Peachum.

9. What nickname does Macheath refer to Tiger Brown as?
(a) Jackie.
(b) Tiger.
(c) Johnnie.
(d) Sheriff.

10. Who is Matthew?
(a) A thief.
(b) A prostitute.
(c) A pimp.
(d) A beggar.

11. What is Tiger Brown's profession?
(a) Constable.
(b) Beggar.
(c) Sheriff.
(d) Thief.

12. Which character sings a morning hymn in Act One Scene One?
(a) Polly Peachum.
(b) Macheath.
(c) Jonathan Peachum.
(d) Mrs. Peachum.

13. What is the Sheriff's name?
(a) Filch.
(b) Kimball.
(c) Brown.
(d) Peachum.

14. What is the name of Jonathan Peachum's business?
(a) The Beggar's Friend, Ltd.
(b) The Thief's Emporium.
(c) The Beggar's Fund, Ltd.
(d) The Outpost.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Mrs. Peachum go after Act One Scene Three?

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

3. Who is spoken to in an "aside"?

4. What is the name of Jonathan Peachum's wife?

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

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