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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Macheath say about Jimmy II?
(a) Get rid of him.
(b) Impertinent bastard.
(c) Unreliable.
(d) Clean work.

2. What is the setting of the opening of Act One Scene Two?
(a) Mr. Peachum's shop.
(b) A church.
(c) A rooftop.
(d) A stable.

3. Who says, "But love is the finest thing in the world"?
(a) Polly.
(b) Macheath.
(c) Lucy.
(d) Mrs. Peachum.

4. Who do the thieves sing about in Act One Scene Two?
(a) Lucy and William.
(b) Bill and Mary.
(c) Joseph and Mary.
(d) Victoria and William.

5. Who sings the prologue of The Threepenny Opera?
(a) Polly.
(b) The Ballad Singer.
(c) Jenny.
(d) Macheath.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the Sheriff's name?

2. What does Mac apologize to Polly for in Act One Scene Two?

3. What do the gang members do when Brown arrives?

4. Which character says, "Where'er you go I shall be with you"?

5. Where does Macheath have a scar?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Jenny tell Macheath when she reads his palm?

2. How does Mr. Peachum feel about Polly's marriage? Why?

3. What does Mrs. Peachum tell Polly about Macheath's history?

4. What do Jenny and Mrs. Peachum argue about in Act Three Scene Seven?

5. Describe the story told in The Barbara Song. Who sings it?

6. What is the purpose of the prologue? Who sings it? What does it inform the audience?

7. What is Peachum arranging the beggars to do in Act Three? Why?

8. What does Polly protest when her father threatens to go to the police in Act One Scene Three?

9. What does Polly tell her parents about her marriage?

10. What does Lucy refer to Polly as in Act Three? Why?

(see the answer keys)

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