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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act II, Scene 1 through Act II, Scene 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After he tells Melchior his story, how does Moritz summarize his feelings?
(a) He feels headless.
(b) He feels completely alone.
(c) He feels he has too many heads.
(d) He is waiting for someone to help him.

2. Because of the objectionable content of the play, what did Wedekind have to do for the play to be printed?
(a) Write out every script used for the first performance.
(b) Agree to a free commission of another play for the publisher.
(c) Marry the daughter of a publisher.
(d) Pay for publication himself.

3. What question does Wendla demand an answer for from her mother in Act II, Scene 2?
(a) The truth of her parentage.
(b) Ina is dying from childbirth.
(c) Where babies come from.
(d) Wendla believes she is adopted.

4. What theatrical genre is combined with tragedy as part of this play's complexity?
(a) Theater of cruelty.
(b) Absurdism.
(c) Theater of the poor.
(d) Comedy.

5. According to the masked man, what is morality?
(a) A made-up concept to keep people in line.
(b) A mixture of what people think should be done and what they want to do.
(c) A fallacy of "doing good."
(d) What the government says should be done.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the introduction, what is NOT one of the mentioned allusions in the play?

2. When was the play produced in America?

3. To whom does Bentley relate the masked man, especially in relation to summary of morality?

4. What girl is walking home with Wendla and Martha in Act 1, Scene 3?

5. What fantasy does Wendla admit to having to Melchior?

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