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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Into what does Roux demand the churches of France be converted?
(a) Schools.
(b) Housing.
(c) Museums.
(d) Soup kitchens.

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

3. What does Simone think she sees in the sky in Scene 21?
(a) Smoke.
(b) The hand of God.
(c) The moon.
(d) An eclipse.

4. Which of the following is something that Coulmier claims is absent in 1808?
(a) Pestilence.
(b) Social inequity.
(c) Violent crimes.
(d) Starvation.

5. In Scene 25, Which of the following roles is not one that Simone claims petitioners expect Marat to enact?
(a) Father.
(b) Lawyer.
(c) Doctor.
(d) Confessor.

6. Which of the following vocations is not mentioned among Sage's eight fictional artisans in Scene 24?
(a) A wine-maker.
(b) A masseuse.
(c) A cook.
(d) A cobbler.

7. Which famous Revolutionary figure does Marat accuse of turning white at the mention of force?
(a) Tallyrand.
(b) Dumouriez.
(c) Robespierre.
(d) Danton.

8. What doe the Singers complain still goes on in secret at the end of Scene 24?
(a) Torture.
(b) Slavery.
(c) Corruption.
(d) Nepotism.

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

10. Which of the following is something that Sade claims the hypothetical Revolutionaries expect from the Revolution?
(a) A milder summer.
(b) New shoes.
(c) A bigger house.
(d) Bags of gold.

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

12. According to Corday in Scene 29, who fills the prisons of Paris?
(a) Her friends.
(b) Charlatans and rakes.
(c) Innocent men.
(d) Martyrs.

13. Which of the following items is not something Marat blindly seeks in his fever at the beginning of Scene 21?
(a) His pen.
(b) His compress.
(c) His ink.
(d) His paper.

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

15. What does Marat demand be done with the seized farmland?
(a) Schools should be built on it.
(b) It should be used for military exercises.
(c) It should be converted into a public park.
(d) It should be divided into allotments.

Short Answer Questions

1. What memorial of Marat does Sade prophesy the people will smash?

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

3. Who is the first voice from Marat's past to speak in Scene 26?

4. In Scene 27, which character accuses Marat of handing the country over to the lowest common denominator?

5. Who is in charge of France at the end of the Interruptus narrative?

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