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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Polly request the thugs do while she sings in Act One?
(a) Pretend they're customers at a bar.
(b) Pretend they're beggars.
(c) Pretend to pay her money.
(d) Dance.

2. Who does Peachum take with him to see the Sheriff?
(a) Macheath.
(b) Polly.
(c) Lucy.
(d) Mrs. Peachum.

3. Which character says, "What do you mean, pretty? It's not pretty, you idiot! It's art, it's not pretty."
(a) Mr. Peachum.
(b) Polly.
(c) Macheath.
(d) Ned.

4. What does Polly bring with her to see Macheath in Act Two Scene Four?
(a) A bag of money.
(b) A wedding ring.
(c) A marriage certificate.
(d) A list of charges.

5. Why does Mac berate the Gang in Act One Scene Two?
(a) They forgets to bring candles.
(b) He requests no bloodshed.
(c) They doesn't inform the minister.
(d) He wants more gold.

6. What do the gang members do when Brown arrives?
(a) Greet him.
(b) Attack him.
(c) Hide.
(d) Keep eating.

7. Who sings the prologue of The Threepenny Opera?
(a) The Ballad Singer.
(b) Macheath.
(c) Jenny.
(d) Polly.

8. What is Matthew's nickname?
(a) Matthew Moneybags.
(b) Matt the Murderer.
(c) Matt the Mooch.
(d) Matt the Mint.

9. Who is the author of The Threepenny Opera?
(a) Vladimir Mayakovsky.
(b) Bertolt Brecht.
(c) Vsevolod Meyerhold.
(d) Erwin Piscator.

10. What does Mac order the legs cut off from in Act One Scene Two?
(a) A harpsichord.
(b) A piano.
(c) The Queen.
(d) A robber.

11. Who says, "If you are, these gentlemen would rip your pants off long ago and tan your ass for you"?
(a) Polly.
(b) Macheath.
(c) Lucy.
(d) Matthew.

12. Who sings, "What the use of grieving, when the mother who bore you (Mary, pity women!) knows it all before you"?
(a) Mrs. Peachum.
(b) Polly.
(c) Jenny.
(d) Lucy.

13. Which character sings a morning hymn in Act One Scene One?
(a) Polly Peachum.
(b) Macheath.
(c) Jonathan Peachum.
(d) Mrs. Peachum.

14. What does Polly get to revive her mother in Act One Scene Three?
(a) Cordial Medoc.
(b) Smelling salts.
(c) Whiskey.
(d) Champagne.

15. What is the name of the prison or jailhouse?
(a) Scotland Yard.
(b) Old Bailey.
(c) London's Can.
(d) British Clinker.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Macheath leave in charge of business when he leaves?

2. When does Matthew say the Archbishop of Canterbury is to arrive?

3. What is Low-Dive Jenny's profession?

4. Why do the beggars return to Peachum's shop in Act One Scene Three?

5. What is the name of the song the thugs sing at the feast?

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