A Children's Tragedy Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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A Children's Tragedy Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When was the play produced in America?
(a) 1897.
(b) 1917.
(c) 1927.
(d) 1907.

2. What form does the play evolve into?
(a) Absurdism.
(b) Realism.
(c) Experimental.
(d) Expressionism.

3. According to Bentley, what group of people does not like this play?
(a) Abstinence-only groups.
(b) Environmentalists.
(c) Libertarians.
(d) Feminists.

4. How many years after the initial publication was the play performed in America?
(a) 20.
(b) It has never been produced in America.
(c) 35.
(d) 25.

5. What are Melchior, Moritz, and the boys doing outside in Act 1, Scene 2?
(a) Studying.
(b) Singing.
(c) Digging holes.
(d) Playing.

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

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

8. Why is Mrs. Bergmann concerned about Wendla's dress?
(a) It is too adult for her.
(b) It is too long on her.
(c) It is too short for her.
(d) It is too shapeless on her.

9. According to Moritz, what is designed to flunk out the students at their school?
(a) Exams.
(b) The tardiness policy.
(c) Personality tests.
(d) The absence policy.

10. Who is the author of the introduction to the play?
(a) Frank Wedekind.
(b) Eric Bentley.
(c) Antonin Artaud.
(d) Noel Coward.

11. Where does Act 1, Scene 5 take place?
(a) The barn.
(b) School.
(c) The river.
(d) The woods.

12. What is a Moritat?
(a) A story written backwards.
(b) A short statement.
(c) A postscript.
(d) A short poem.

13. Who keeps Melchior from committing suicide?
(a) Ernst.
(b) Wendla.
(c) Moritz.
(d) A masked man.

14. According to the masked man, what is morality?
(a) A made-up concept to keep people in line.
(b) A fallacy of "doing good."
(c) What the government says should be done.
(d) A mixture of what people think should be done and what they want to do.

15. What do the boys in Act 1, Scene 2 complain about?
(a) Parents.
(b) Girls.
(c) Church.
(d) Homework.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the most sexual scene of the play, what is alluded to heavily?

2. How does Melchior feel about people who end up in Hell because they do not enjoy visiting the poor?

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

4. In what way is the love between Moritz and Melchior described?

5. What was the result of Wedekind's conflicts while writing?

(see the answer keys)

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