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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act III, Scene 4 through Act III, Scene 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who visits Wendla's mother at the end of Act III, Scene 5?
(a) Mother Schmidt.
(b) Melchior's mother.
(c) Melchior.
(d) The doctor.

2. Why is Moritz devastated in Act II, Scene 5?
(a) He lost all of his money.
(b) His plans to run away have been thwarted.
(c) He was not promoted to the next grade.
(d) His father disowned him.

3. How many students in Melchior and Moritz's class will be allowed to graduate to the next grade?
(a) Forty.
(b) Sixty.
(c) Seventy.
(d) Fifty.

4. What did people find so offensive about A Children's Tragedy when it was first written?
(a) Wedekind's sexuality.
(b) The criticism of Germany's role in Hitler's rise to power.
(c) The sexual content.
(d) Wedekind's political alliances.

5. What does Wendla claim about the thoughts her mother finds offensive in the first scene?
(a) She says her sister tells her these thoughts.
(b) She says they come to her at night.
(c) She says she hears the girls at school expressing similar thoughts.
(d) She says that she overhears her mother expressing these thoughts.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are Melchior's implied actions when Wendla finds him in Act II, scene 4?

2. According to Bentley, what group of people does not like this play?

3. How does Mrs. Gabor defend Melchior after Moritz's death?

4. What birthday is being celebrated for Wendla in Act I, Scene 1?

5. What does Hanschen do to the image while in the bathroom?

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