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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 is Mr. Peachum's fee for services?
(a) 90 percent.
(b) 50 percent.
(c) 10 percent.
(d) 30 percent.
2. How many holdups does Macheath commit according to his charges?
(a) Fourteen.
(b) Thirty.
(c) Twenty-three.
(d) Sixteen.
3. What does Peachum tell his daughter to do in Act One Scene Three?
(a) Make dinner.
(b) Get divorced.
(c) Go back to Macheath.
(d) Change clothes.
4. When does Matthew say the Archbishop of Canterbury is to arrive?
(a) In a day.
(b) Half an hour.
(c) In a week.
(d) Two hours.
5. In what city does The Threepenny Opera take place?
(a) Dublin.
(b) Berlin.
(c) Paris.
(d) London.
Short Answer Questions
1. Where does the narrator say Macheath flees to in Act Two Scene Four?
2. What does Mrs. Peachum refer to Macheath as?
3. Where are Macheath and Tiger soldiers together?
4. What is Matthew's nickname?
5. Which character is beaten for begging on the streets without a license?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Peachum tell Brown about the historical police captain? Why?
2. Who sings "The Song of Insufficiency of Human Endeavor"? What is the song about?
3. What happens in Act Three, Scene Eight that makes Polly begin crying? Who arrives to take her away?
4. What does Polly protest when her father threatens to go to the police in Act One Scene Three?
5. What are the gang's plans for the coronation? What does Macheath tell them?
6. Describe the mannerisms of the gang. How does Macheath feel about them?
7. Who does Mrs. Peachum pay to give her information about Macheath's whereabouts? What is this character's reaction?
8. What is the tone of the song "The Ballad of Sexual Obsession"? Who sings it?
9. Compare and contrast Lucy and Polly. How are they alike? How are they different?
10. What is the setting for Act One Scene Two? Why is this significant?
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