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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happened to Martha when her parents saw her with a ribbon on her nightgown?
(a) They forced her to remove the ribbon.
(b) They tore off her nightgown.
(c) They forced her to wear a burlap sack.
(d) They tore off her ribbon.

2. Who do the girls in this play find very attractive?
(a) Hanschen.
(b) Moritz.
(c) Melchior.
(d) Ernst.

3. What was the result of Wedekind's conflicts while writing?
(a) He left the country.
(b) He left his position within the government.
(c) He left home.
(d) He moved into a commune for artists.

4. How does Moritz react when being told about sex?
(a) He does not want to listen.
(b) He becomes aroused.
(c) He wants to know more.
(d) He tries to argue with the points being made.

5. How wide is Moritz's knowledge of maturation?
(a) He has read a book with a sex scene.
(b) He has already had sex.
(c) He is completely ignorant.
(d) He knows more about sex than the rest of his class.

6. In the most sexual scene of the play, what is alluded to heavily?
(a) The Bible.
(b) Goethe.
(c) Brecht.
(d) Faust.

7. Who starts to explain sex to Moritz in Act 1, Scene 2?
(a) Mortiz's father.
(b) Wendla.
(c) Ilsa.
(d) Melchior.

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

9. What excuse does Moritz give in order to escape the discussion about sex?
(a) He needs to go pray.
(b) He needs to find his girlfriend.
(c) He needs to talk to his father.
(d) He has too much homework.

10. What does Mrs. Bergmann wonder about Wendla in the first scene?
(a) She wonders what sort of mother Wendla will make.
(b) She wonders if Wendla will survive her adolescence.
(c) She wonders what Wendla will look like in a few years.
(d) She wonders if Wendla is aware of her changing body.

11. How does Moritz feel about his dreams?
(a) He does not understand them.
(b) He looks forward to them.
(c) He fears they are evil dreams.
(d) He believes they are messages from God.

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

13. During what war was the play censored in Germany?
(a) World War II.
(b) World War I.
(c) Korean War.
(d) Vietnam War.

14. How was the rape scene censored in reissues of A Children's Tragedy?
(a) It was scripted to take place in a blackout.
(b) It was taken out of the script entirely.
(c) Wendla was given a line that shows clear consent.
(d) Melchior does not go through with the rape.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a Moritat?

2. In what form does the play begin?

3. What girl is walking home with Wendla and Martha in Act 1, Scene 3?

4. Who is the author of the introduction to the play?

5. What does Melchior initially believe about people who do good works?

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