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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 1, Scenes 7, 8, and 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who anxiously follows behind Marat while the patients carry him on their shoulders in Scene 5?
(a) Simone.
(b) Corday.
(c) Coulmier.
(d) Sade.

2. In Scene 7, what does Corday contend is spurting from Marat's hiding place?
(a) Blood.
(b) Poison.
(c) Fear.
(d) Hope.

3. Which of the following characters is not one of the Singers?
(a) Roux.
(b) Rossignol.
(c) Kokol.
(d) Polpoch.

4. Where does Corday tell Simone that Marat's enemies are gathering in Scene 9?
(a) Bordeaux.
(b) Versailles.
(c) Caen.
(d) Somme.

5. According to Marat, what does one see everywhere one looks in 1793?
(a) Corpses.
(b) Squalor.
(c) Corruption.
(d) His portrait.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is attending Corday in the first scene of the play?

2. How many times does the Herald knock his staff at the beginning of Scene 3?

3. What part of Marat's body does Corday she wants to see sweat as she draws her knife?

4. According to the Herald at the end of Scene 4, what is the audience about to watch Marat do?

5. What does Simone tell Corday to do when she sends her away in Scene 9?

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