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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the purpose of Wendla's errand in Act 1, Scene 5?
(a) The plants are to flavor wine.
(b) The wood is for a fire.
(c) The plants are for medicine.
(d) The flowers are for a centerpiece.

2. What is the most important relationship depicted in A Children's Tragedy?
(a) The friendship between Moritz and Melchior.
(b) Melchior and Wendla's relationship.
(c) Ilsa and Moritz's near romance.
(d) The bond between Moritz and his father.

3. Despite the complexity of A Children's Tragedy what striking aspect is the most widely known about this play?
(a) The political undertones.
(b) The complexity of the characters.
(c) The suicide.
(d) The sexual content.

4. In the first scene, what does Wendla wonder about her future?
(a) She wonders what she will look like in a few years.
(b) She wonders if she will make it to adulthood.
(c) She wonders what sort of husband she will have.
(d) She wonders what sort of mother she will make.

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

6. Where does Moritz sneak to in Act 1, Scene 4?
(a) Church.
(b) His teacher's house.
(c) Melchior's house.
(d) The faculty room.

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

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

9. What is Thanatos according to Bentley?
(a) Driving towards death.
(b) A drive towards life.
(c) Romantic love.
(d) Sexual love.

10. What birthday is being celebrated for Wendla in Act I, Scene 1?
(a) Fourteen.
(b) Thirteen.
(c) Twelve.
(d) Fifteen.

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

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

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

14. Why does Wendla complain about her new dress?
(a) She feels it is too childish.
(b) She feels it is too long and shapeless.
(c) She feels it is too revealing of her figure.
(d) She feels it is too short.

15. What does Wendla ask of Melchior at the end of Act 1?
(a) She asks him to run away to Berlin with her.
(b) She asks him if he would want to marry her one day.
(c) She asks him to make love to her.
(d) She asks him to beat her.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do Martha's parents treat her?

2. How does Moritz feel about his dreams?

3. How many years after the initial publication was the play performed in America?

4. What does Wendla claim about the thoughts her mother finds offensive in the first scene?

5. During what war was the play suppressed in Germany?

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