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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Corday's song in Scene 7, to what does Marat's way lead?
(a) Rivers of blood.
(b) Eternal slavery.
(c) Sewers and refuse.
(d) Mountains of dead.

2. What part of the new ruling class's body is enormous, according to Kokol?
(a) Their stomachs.
(b) Their arses.
(c) Their heads.
(d) Their genitals.

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

4. What aspect of Charlotte Corday does the Herald apologize to the audience for mentioning?
(a) Her attractiveness.
(b) Her moral laxness.
(c) Her wealth.
(d) Her madness.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the children fighting over in the streets, according to Corday?

2. As the chorus sings about the Revolution, what body part do they say is bleeding?

3. What does Simone tell Corday to do when she sends her away in Scene 9?

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

5. At the end of Scene 5, the Herald announces that unrest has been replace by what?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Coulmier stop the play in Scene 6?

2. What is the state of the Revolution in 1793, according to the Singers in Scene 5?

3. Why does Marat regret the inclusion of private property in the Declaration of Human Rights?

4. Describe the argument Sade and Marat have regarding compassion.

5. What is the execution of Damiens and what does it signify to Sade?

6. Why is Coulmier outraged by Marat's Liturgy?

7. In Scene 8, how does Marat explain that the expectations of the Revolution proved faulty?

8. How does the Herald set the scene at the end of Scene 4?

9. Describe Jacques Roux.

10. What interrupts the murder of Marat in Scene 31?

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