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

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

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

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

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

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

7. In the introduction, what is NOT one of the mentioned allusions in the play?
(a) Goethe.
(b) Brecht.
(c) The Bible.
(d) Faust.

8. What happened to the play after it was first printed?
(a) There were mass book-burnings for the script.
(b) It was banned in Europe.
(c) It took years to produce in the complete form.
(d) It was produced immediately and became a huge hit.

9. In the brief summary given in the introduction, what concept is Melchior struggling with?
(a) Nationality.
(b) Sexual preference.
(c) Political unrest.
(d) Morality.

10. What theatrical genre is combined with tragedy as part of this play's complexity?
(a) Comedy.
(b) Absurdism.
(c) Theater of the poor.
(d) Theater of cruelty.

11. How do Martha's parents treat her?
(a) They spoil her.
(b) They abuse her.
(c) They treat her better than the other parents treat their children.
(d) They coddle her.

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

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

14. According to the summary, who is raped in A Children's Tragedy?
(a) Melchior.
(b) Wendla.
(c) Moritz.
(d) Thea.

15. How does Moritz discover the information in Act 1, Scene 4 that cheers him up?
(a) He overhears his teacher talking to another professor about him.
(b) He asks the teacher's assistant for help.
(c) He asks his teacher.
(d) He looks his name up in the teacher's book.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In what decade did Wedekind write A Children's Tragedy?

3. What form does the play evolve into?

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

5. What in particular does Bentley highlight in his Moritat?

(see the answer keys)

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