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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. Who sings the Ballad of Sexual Obsession?
(a) Mr. Peachum.
(b) Mrs. Peachum.
(c) Polly.
(d) Macheath.
2. What is Tiger Brown's profession?
(a) Sheriff.
(b) Beggar.
(c) Thief.
(d) Constable.
3. Where does Act Two Scene Four take place?
(a) Peachum's shop.
(b) The stable.
(c) The garden.
(d) The jail.
4. Who sings at the end of Act One Scene Two?
(a) Mrs. Peachum and Mr. Peachum.
(b) Polly and Macheath.
(c) Polly and Mr. Peachum.
(d) Macheath and Ned.
5. What does Polly request the thugs do while she sings in Act One?
(a) Pretend they're customers at a bar.
(b) Pretend they're beggars.
(c) Dance.
(d) Pretend to pay her money.
Short Answer Questions
1. Who is spoken to in an "aside"?
2. What is Jake's nickname?
3. What does Peachum tell his daughter to do in Act One Scene Three?
4. Where does Mrs. Peachum go after Act One Scene Three?
5. What does Polly ask of Macheath before he goes?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Macheath decide to do after hearing the charges? What are his directions to Polly?
2. Where is The Threepenny Opera set? Include the general setting and specific settings.
3. Who does Mrs. Peachum pay to give her information about Macheath's whereabouts? What is this character's reaction?
4. What sort of stock character does Polly most closely resemble? Is she a likable character? Why or why not?
5. Who arrives at Peachum's house as he's preparing the beggars to go to the coronation? Why?
6. What is Peachum arranging the beggars to do in Act Three? Why?
7. Who arrives just before Macheath puts his neck in the noose? What does this character declare?
8. What do Jenny and Mrs. Peachum argue about in Act Three Scene Seven?
9. What happens in Act Three, Scene Eight that makes Polly begin crying? Who arrives to take her away?
10. What are the gang's plans for the coronation? What does Macheath tell them?
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