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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 at the beginning of Scene 7, to what voice is Marat listening as he writes?
(a) His fever's voice.
(b) Simone's voice.
(c) The people's voice.
(d) God's voice.

2. When Coulmier interrupts Roux in Scene 19, what does he claim everyone in modern-day France is?
(a) A millionaire.
(b) A peacemaker.
(c) A nationalist.
(d) A revolutionary.

3. What two things does Corday claim Marat wants in Scene 17?
(a) Wealth and preference.
(b) Anarchy and confusion.
(c) Law and order.
(d) Anonymity and peace.

4. What is the "lurid star" under which the Herald says Sade came to the asylum?
(a) Resistence.
(b) Passion.
(c) Notoriety.
(d) Madness.

5. What Holocaust term does Sade use in describing mankind's inclination to kill in Scene 12?
(a) Ghetto.
(b) Master race.
(c) Concentration camp.
(d) Final solution.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is one of the actions that Corday accuses Marat of inciting in Scene 7?

2. According to the Herald in Scene 19, what is the most sympathetic way to be executed?

3. What abstract purveyor of death does Sade say he hates in Scene 12?

4. What part of the new ruling class's body is enormous, according to Kokol?

5. Where on her body does Corday carry her knife?

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