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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the title of Act Three Scene Eight?
(a) The Jail.
(b) Property in Dispute.
(c) The Downfall.
(d) Macheath's Double Standard.

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

3. What does Lucy call Polly in in Act Three Scene Eight?
(a) A ragged wretch.
(b) Pollyanna.
(c) Miss Peachum.
(d) A villain.

4. Who sings the Jealousy Duet?
(a) Lucy and Polly.
(b) Lucy and Jenny.
(c) Jenny and Polly.
(d) Jenny and Molly.

5. The Solomon Song is sung by whom?
(a) Jenny.
(b) Polly.
(c) Mrs. Peachum.
(d) Macheath.

6. Who comes to see Macheath in in Act Three Scene Nine first?
(a) Lucy.
(b) Polly.
(c) Molly and Jenny.
(d) Jake and Matt.

7. Who wi once Jenny's pimp?
(a) Tiger Brown.
(b) Jake.
(c) Macheath.
(d) Mr. Peachum.

8. How does Macheath pay Smith for his purchase in the jail?
(a) In cash.
(b) By check.
(c) With food.
(d) With change.

9. Who tells Jenny she looks "like sicked up milk"?
(a) Polly.
(b) Lucy.
(c) Mrs. Peachum.
(d) Molly.

10. Why are people jamming the streets in Act Three Scene Nine?
(a) To witness Macheath's execution.
(b) For the Coronation.
(c) To witness Macheath's wedding.
(d) To watch the parade.

11. How much does Macheath offer Smith as a bribe in Act Three?
(a) One thousand pounds.
(b) One hundred pounds.
(c) Ten thousand pounds.
(d) Five hundred pounds.

12. Who says, "a man is always afraid of a woman who loves him too much"?
(a) Molly.
(b) Lucy.
(c) Celia.
(d) Polly.

13. When does Jenny say that Mac is in "for a hard time"?
(a) Tonight.
(b) When the sirens sound.
(c) When the Coronation bells ring.
(d) When the church bells ring.

14. Which character comes to arrest Macheath?
(a) Lucy.
(b) Mr. Peachum.
(c) Tiger.
(d) Smith.

15. Where does Mac say he learns "a deep withering stare"?
(a) The whorehouse.
(b) The Bible.
(c) From his father.
(d) From his mother.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who sings "Song of the Insufficiency of Human Endeavor"?

2. What does Peachum intend to disrupt the Coronation with?

3. Mac says to Lucy that Polly wants to parade as his _________.

4. Where are the bells ringing from?

5. When is Macheath hanged?

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