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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. What is considered the most sexual scene in A Children's Tragedy?
(a) Ilsa's attraction to Moritz.
(b) Wendla's rape.
(c) Melchior explaining sex to Moritz.
(d) The masturbation scene in the reformatory.

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

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

4. While Wedekind wrote his play, what were people questioning?
(a) The censoring of theater and literature.
(b) The father's authority.
(c) Wedekind's writing style.
(d) War.

5. What was censored in reissues of A Children's Tragedy?
(a) Any unflattering references to the adult figures.
(b) Words alluding to the political unrest.
(c) Sexual words.
(d) Any words that were not German.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many years after the initial publication was the play performed in America?

2. Because of the objectionable content of the play, what did Wedekind have to do for the play to be printed?

3. According to Bentley's analysis, who may NOT be the masked figure at the end of the play?

4. What is Eros according to Bentley?

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

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