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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the Singers at the end of Scene 25, what can Marat not cure?
(a) The cancer on the National Assembly.
(b) A beheaded aristocrat.
(c) His own disease.
(d) All social ills.

2. In Scene 27, which character accuses Marat of handing the country over to the lowest common denominator?
(a) Corday.
(b) Duperret.
(c) Roux.
(d) Sade.

3. Who is the first voice from Marat's past to speak in Scene 26?
(a) His mother.
(b) His father.
(c) A military representative.
(d) His schoolmaster.

4. What part of Corday's body does Duperret kiss repeatedly in Scene 22?
(a) Her hand.
(b) Her breast.
(c) Her neck.
(d) Her leg.

5. Which of the following is not something that Duperret accuses Mara of being in Scene 17?
(a) A salesman.
(b) A dictator.
(c) A layabout.
(d) A Jew.

6. What are the fates of both Duperret and Corday after Marat's murder?
(a) They go into hiding.
(b) They are given positions in Danton's government.
(c) They are executed.
(d) The are exiled from France.

7. In Scene 28, Sade says that he wrote his lost masterpiece on what?
(a) A long roll or paper.
(b) Papyrus.
(c) The walls of a prison cell.
(d) The skin of a prostitute.

8. At the end of Scene 27, what does Duperret demand replace hysteria and fanaticism?
(a) Love and tenderness.
(b) Reconciliation and empathy.
(c) Calm and analysis.
(d) Beauty and concord.

9. Who begins throwing items at the nurses during the Epilogue?
(a) Herald.
(b) Corday.
(c) Duperret.
(d) Marat.

10. According to Marat in Scene 27, what has the Minister of War sold to France's enemies?
(a) His chateau.
(b) Corn.
(c) Arms.
(d) State secrets.

11. Who speaks the final words of the first act?
(a) Herald.
(b) Sade.
(c) Roux.
(d) Coulmier.

12. What color is Corday's hair?
(a) Blonde.
(b) Auburn.
(c) Black.
(d) Grey.

13. Where did Corday spend her youth?
(a) A convent.
(b) Paris.
(c) A military barracks.
(d) Prussia.

14. In Scene 23, what does Marat warn the rich will do the the poor at a moment's notice?
(a) Have them killed.
(b) Send them to war.
(c) Burn down their homes.
(d) Turn them out on the streets.

15. In Scene 18, for what group does Marat say the Revolution was fought?
(a) The poor.
(b) Merchants.
(c) The military.
(d) The politicians.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Marat demand be done with the seized farmland?

2. Which French Minister does Marat accuse of counterfeiting banknotes?

3. Which of the following vocations is not mentioned among Sage's eight fictional artisans in Scene 24?

4. How many years does the Interruptus cover?

5. In Scene 30, how does Corday respond to Duperret's entreaty to leave Paris?

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