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

2. What is Mr. Peachum's fee for services?
(a) 50 percent.
(b) 90 percent.
(c) 10 percent.
(d) 30 percent.

3. Who threatens to "tan your behind" to Polly?
(a) Lucy.
(b) Mrs. Peachum.
(c) Macheath.
(d) Mr. Peachum.

4. What is the celebration for in Act One Scene Two?
(a) The marriage of Macheath and Lucy.
(b) The Queen's coronation.
(c) A robbery.
(d) Macheath's wedding to Polly.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the police headquarters in London?

2. What happens to the fois gras for the feast?

3. What does Polly request the thugs do while she sings in Act One?

4. What does Peachum tell his daughter to do in Act One Scene Three?

5. What does Mac order the legs cut off from in Act One Scene Two?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why doesn't Tiger Brown arrest Macheath? What is their relationship?

2. What does Peachum say to Brown to convince him not to arrest him?

3. Who comes to see Macheath in the last scene? Why?

4. What does Peachum tell Brown about the historical police captain? Why?

5. What does Macheath do in order to attempt to escape in Act Three Scene Nine?

6. How does Brecht use multimedia in The Threepenny Opera? Why?

7. Describe how Macheath is arrested in Act Two Scene Five.

8. How does Mr. Peachum feel about Polly's marriage? Why?

9. What are the list of charges against Macheath? How does he respond to them?

10. What is Peachum arranging the beggars to do in Act Three? Why?

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