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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where on her body does Corday carry her knife?
(a) Strapped to her thigh.
(b) In her hand.
(c) Between her breasts.
(d) Wrapped in her hair.

2. What part of Marat's body does Corday she wants to see sweat as she draws her knife?
(a) His armpits.
(b) His forehead.
(c) His chest.
(d) His back.

3. In Scene 13, what does Marat say is the essential lie the ruling class gave the poor?
(a) Divine right.
(b) Love of enemies.
(c) Honor in suffering.
(d) Poverty as a virtue.

4. According to Sade at the end of Scene 11, from what does the guillotine deliver its victims?
(a) Humiliation.
(b) Boredom.
(c) Penury.
(d) Uncertainty.

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

6. What action is Simone performing at the beginning of Scene 3?
(a) Applying Marat's bandage.
(b) Crying.
(c) Writing a letter.
(d) Dancing.

7. What is the color of the dagger's handle in Scene 10?
(a) White.
(b) Blue.
(c) Red.
(d) Black.

8. What two omnipresent groups represent the asylum security throughout the play?
(a) Sisters and Priests.
(b) Sisters and Male Nurses.
(c) Sisters and Doctors.
(d) Male Nurses and Doctors.

9. In what year is The Marat/Sade set?
(a) 1793.
(b) 1808.
(c) 1798.
(d) 1803.

10. In Scene 5, Kokol quips to Marat that Paris facing a shortage of what?
(a) Corpses.
(b) Laurels.
(c) Hope.
(d) Gold.

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

12. In Scene 14, which prayer does a patient recite in a perverse form?
(a) Our Father.
(b) Hail Mary.
(c) Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep.
(d) The Apostles Creed.

13. Who accompanies Marat at his static position at the beginning of the play?
(a) Corday.
(b) Dupperret.
(c) Sade.
(d) Simone.

14. What item does Corday want to buy after arriving into town in Scene 10?
(a) A toy guillotine.
(b) A knife.
(c) A dress.
(d) A Bible.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which woman in the cast serves as Marat's nurse?

2. What does Coulmier protest he must be when he interrupts the play?

3. How many years after the Revolution do the events of the play-within-the-play take place?

4. Which character's name does the Chorus chant in unison during Scene 7?

5. What apologia does Coulmier make in his Scene 2 speech?

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