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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Moritz's classmates speculate as the method of suicide?
(a) Cutting his own throat.
(b) Drowning.
(c) Shooting.
(d) Hanging.

2. What does Moritz do when he walks Ilsa home?
(a) He makes love to Ilsa.
(b) Leaves her before they reach her place.
(c) He kissed Ilsa.
(d) He pushes Ilsa away from him violently.

3. What does Moritz debate as being worth staying alive for?
(a) Melchior's friendship.
(b) His family.
(c) Marriage.
(d) Experiencing sex.

4. What does the masked man offer to do for Melchior?
(a) Protect Melchior from the hardships in life.
(b) Protect Melchior from memories of Moritz and Wendla.
(c) Guide him to death.
(d) Guide him to adulthood.

5. What memento does Ilsa have of Moritz?
(a) The flower he gave her.
(b) His hat.
(c) His pocket watch.
(d) The gun with which he shot himself.

6. How many times has Moritz failed in class?
(a) Three.
(b) Five.
(c) Two.
(d) Four.

7. What has Moritz threatened to do if he cannot leave the country?
(a) Commit suicide.
(b) Run away to a new city.
(c) Kill his parents.
(d) Renounce God.

8. How does Mrs. Bergmann defend herself from her daughter's anger in Act III, Scene 5?
(a) She says that she is keeping Wendla out of her father's way.
(b) She says that she is just trying to save Wendla's reputation.
(c) She says he explained sex the same way it was taught to her.
(d) She says that discussing pregnancy is improper.

9. According to Mrs. Gabor, what favor is she unable to perform for Moritz?
(a) Teach him about sex.
(b) Give Moritz money to flee the country.
(c) Falsify Mortiz's grades for him.
(d) Allow him to move into their home.

10. How does Mrs. Gabor initially react to reading Melchior's letter in Act III?
(a) She claims that Wendla and Melchior have done nothing wrong.
(b) She claims that Melchior did not rape Wendla.
(c) She claims it is just part of a class assignment.
(d) She claims it is a forger.

11. According to the pastor, what will happen to Moritz?
(a) His soul will walk the earth until Armageddon.
(b) Purgatory.
(c) Eternal damnation.
(d) He will go to Heaven.

12. Where does the last scene of the play take place?
(a) The riverbank.
(b) The church.
(c) The graveyard.
(d) Melchior's school.

13. How does Mrs. Bergmann attempt to explain her new grandson to Wendla?
(a) The stork.
(b) Cabbage patches.
(c) Adoption.
(d) He appeared on the doorstep.

14. After he tells Melchior his story, how does Moritz summarize his feelings?
(a) He feels headless.
(b) He feels completely alone.
(c) He is waiting for someone to help him.
(d) He feels he has too many heads.

15. At the end of Act II, Scene 1, what do Melchior and Moritz wonder about?
(a) If their conversations are being eavesdropped upon.
(b) How girls can enjoy sex.
(c) If sex is truly necessary.
(d) If their peers are having sex.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is revealed about Wendla after the doctor's visit?

2. What explanation does Mrs. Bergmann give to Wendla's question in Act II, Scene 2?

3. What is Wendla's mood while she picks flowers in Act II?

4. How does Moritz vent his frustration at the end of Act II, Scene 7?

5. In Act II, Scene 1, what does Moritz tell Melchior he has been doing constantly?

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