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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 1, Scenes 16, 17, 18, and 19.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the Herald, what do Marat and Simone share in addition to a vision of France?
(a) A bed.
(b) Simone's money.
(c) The same parents.
(d) A faith in God.

2. Where did Corday spend her youth?
(a) Paris.
(b) A convent.
(c) Prussia.
(d) A military barracks.

3. For what affliction is Marat always submerged in a bath?
(a) Depression.
(b) Leprosy.
(c) Muscle tension.
(d) A fever.

4. What right's inclusion in the Revolution's declaration does Marat lament at the end of Scene 15?
(a) Religion.
(b) A fair trial.
(c) Freedom from want.
(d) Property.

5. Where on her body does Corday carry her knife?
(a) In her hand.
(b) Wrapped in her hair.
(c) Between her breasts.
(d) Strapped to her thigh.

Short Answer Questions

1. What Holocaust term does Sade use in describing mankind's inclination to kill in Scene 12?

2. At the end of Scene 16, the Harald claims the players want to see the people live in harmony with what?

3. In appeasing Coulmier in Scene 18, which is not a group to which the Singers pledge fidelity?

4. Which of the following characters does not have a line in the Homage to Marat?

5. What is the "lurid star" under which the Herald says Sade came to the asylum?

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