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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. What does Moritz admit to considering if he flunks?
(a) Running away.
(b) Becoming a criminal.
(c) Entering the church.
(d) Suicide.

2. What sort of story is A Children's Tragedy?
(a) Coming-of-age.
(b) Morality play.
(c) Theater of Cruelty.
(d) Absurdism.

3. How does Moritz discover the information in Act 1, Scene 4 that cheers him up?
(a) He asks his teacher.
(b) He asks the teacher's assistant for help.
(c) He overhears his teacher talking to another professor about him.
(d) He looks his name up in the teacher's book.

4. How do Martha's parents treat her?
(a) They spoil her.
(b) They treat her better than the other parents treat their children.
(c) They coddle her.
(d) They abuse her.

5. What does Melchior start to do to Wendla when she begins to object in Act II, Scene 4?
(a) Help her with her work.
(b) Talk to her.
(c) Beat her.
(d) Kiss her.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Moritz's story for Melchior, how many heads does the queen have?

2. After Martha's punishment for the ribbon, how does she spend the night?

3. Ultimately, what does Bentley suggest about the masked man?

4. How does Act II end?

5. What is considered the most sexual scene in A Children's Tragedy?

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