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This test consists of 5 short answer questions and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why won't the young peasant help the soldiers in Scene 11?

2. Why has the cook come back to Mother Courage when peace is declared?

3. What prayer do the peasants pray when the soldiers are threatening them in their farmhouse?

4. Why is Eilif being killed?

5. Why do the soldiers come to the peasants' farmhouse late at night?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Conversations about courage, cowardice, and bravery arise throughout the play. Discuss characters and the play's evolving relationship with these three themes.

Essay Topic 2

The character of the chaplain is one that goes through the most dramatic metamorphosis. His role as a religious representative and overturning it is a powerful statement about religion on Brecht's part. What is this statement?

Essay Topic 3

Virtue is valued differently in times of peace and war and is used as a commodity throughout the play. Discuss the purpose of "virtue" to the characters of "Mother Courage" and the play's statement of war as a whole.

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