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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 1, Scenes 12, 13, 14, and 15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In her Scene 7 song, Corday says that which two words meant different things to her and Marat?
(a) Wealth and poverty.
(b) Freedom and mercy.
(c) Action and fear.
(d) Love and change.

2. Which of the following is not a term hurled at the poor when a shop is looted?
(a) Beggars.
(b) Villains.
(c) Gutter rats.
(d) Charlatans.

3. How does Sade characterize the process by which Revolutionaries dole out death sentences?
(a) Haphazard.
(b) Mathematical.
(c) Orgiastic.
(d) Soporific.

4. How old is Marat when the events of the play begin?
(a) 35.
(b) 72.
(c) 23.
(d) 50.

5. Which character's name does the Chorus chant in unison during Scene 7?
(a) Corday.
(b) Sade.
(c) Roux.
(d) Marat.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Scene 13, what does Marat say is the essential lie the ruling class gave the poor?

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

3. What mimic do the patients perform in the background of Scene 11?

4. To what does the Herald compare Marat's skin in Scene 4?

5. What word do the patients chant in unison in Scene 6?

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