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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Ten Notes: 6, God the Father, Father the God through 10, The Question of Style.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who wrote A Children's Tragedy?
(a) Bertolt Brecht.
(b) Peter DeBerg.
(c) Frank Wedekind.
(d) Georg Buchner.

2. In what form does the play begin?
(a) Absurdism.
(b) Expressionism.
(c) Realism.
(d) Experimental.

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

4. Why does Moritz commit suicide?
(a) He has been held back in school.
(b) He believes he is gay.
(c) He feels responsible for Wendla's abortion.
(d) He gets Ilsa pregnant.

5. Ultimately, what does Bentley suggest about the masked man?
(a) He is the voice of Melchior's conscience.
(b) He is a father's voice from Melchior's subconscious.
(c) He is Melchior's inner child.
(d) He is Moritz's father.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Wendla die?

2. What is a Moritat?

3. What is Thanatos according to Bentley?

4. What is Melchior's relationship to Moritz?

5. According to the summary, who is raped in A Children's Tragedy?

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