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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 1, Scene 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What apologia does Coulmier make in his Scene 2 speech?
(a) The play is poorly written.
(b) The hour is late.
(c) The space smells of antiseptic.
(d) The actors have never performed before.

2. What famous French text does Coulmier invoke in his Scene 2 speech?
(a) The Declaration of Human Rights.
(b) The Constitution of 1793.
(c) Democracy in America.
(d) The Declaration of Pilnitz.

3. What character enters in the first scene at Sade beckon?
(a) Coulmier.
(b) Herald.
(c) Corday.
(d) Marat.

4. Which woman in the cast serves as Marat's nurse?
(a) Rossignol.
(b) Simone.
(c) Coulmier's Wife.
(d) Corday.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What action is Simone performing at the beginning of Scene 3?

2. Who accompanies Coulmier when he enters the stage?

3. Marat never moves from a certain location. What is that location?

4. Who does Coulmier thank at the beginning of his speech in Scene 2?

5. In what year is The Marat/Sade set?

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