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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act I, Scene 1 through Act I, Scene 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Wendla die?
(a) Abortion pills.
(b) She is murdered to cover up her rape.
(c) She is taken into custody and dies in prison.
(d) Suicide.

2. With whom was Wedekind finding conflict while writing his play?
(a) His mother.
(b) His father.
(c) The government.
(d) His lover.

3. To whom does Bentley relate the masked man, especially in relation to summary of morality?
(a) Goethe.
(b) Faust.
(c) Wedekind.
(d) Brecht.

4. For how long may Wendla wear her old dress?
(a) One more summer.
(b) One more year.
(c) One more month.
(d) One more week.

5. How does Bentley describe Moritz and Melchior in relationship to each other?
(a) Complete opposites.
(b) Extremely alike.
(c) The result of one person's love not being reciprocated.
(d) A surrogate fatherly relationship.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is Wendla's body, in terms of maturation?

2. According to Moritz, what is designed to flunk out the students at their school?

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

4. Who starts to explain sex to Moritz in Act 1, Scene 2?

5. What was censored in reissues of A Children's Tragedy?

(see the answer key)

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