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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the first scene, what does Wendla wonder about her future?
(a) She wonders what sort of husband she will have.
(b) She wonders if she will make it to adulthood.
(c) She wonders what she will look like in a few years.
(d) She wonders what sort of mother she will make.

2. What is Eros according to Bentley?
(a) Sexual love.
(b) An instinct for death.
(c) An instinct for life.
(d) Romantic love.

3. What is Melchior's relationship to Moritz?
(a) They are brothers.
(b) They are lovers.
(c) They are enemies.
(d) They are best friends.

4. What is the function of the Moritat in the introduction?
(a) Highlights the salacious points of the play.
(b) Highlights the political undertones of the play.
(c) Highlights the subtleties of the play.
(d) Highlights the absurdities and fantastic elements of the play.

5. Despite the complexity of A Children's Tragedy what striking aspect is the most widely known about this play?
(a) The political undertones.
(b) The sexual content.
(c) The suicide.
(d) The complexity of the characters.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Hanschen doing in the bathroom in Act II, Scene 3?

2. Who keeps Melchior from committing suicide?

3. How does Mrs. Gabor initially react to reading Melchior's letter in Act III?

4. What did people find so offensive about A Children's Tragedy when it was first written?

5. In the Act II, Scene 2, what event has occurred within Wendla's family?

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