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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 1, Scenes 20 and 21.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At the end of Scene 5, the Herald announces that unrest has been replace by what?
(a) Famine.
(b) Hopelessness.
(c) Peace.
(d) Discontent.

2. According to the Herald at the end of Scene 4, what is the audience about to watch Marat do?
(a) Speak.
(b) Fight.
(c) Give up.
(d) Bleed.

3. What does the Herald people are in 1808 that they were not in 1793?
(a) Afraid.
(b) Complacent.
(c) Civilized.
(d) Enlightened.

4. How many years after the Revolution do the events of the play-within-the-play take place?
(a) 9.
(b) 4.
(c) 13.
(d) 1.

5. In Scene 10, what do the Singers mention is clogging the sewers?
(a) Feces.
(b) Flood water.
(c) Blood.
(d) Rancid meat.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which of the following characters is not one of the Singers?

3. When Coulmier interrupts Roux in Scene 19, what does he claim everyone in modern-day France is?

4. Which of the follow is not something the singers of Scene 5 suggest be done to the ruling class of 1793?

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

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