Spring Awakening Quizzes

Spring Awakening Quiz 1

1 According to Wedekind, "Spring Awakening" was written during what time span?
1880-1881

1910-1911

1890-1891

1900-1901
2 Moritz refers to his life as a "Charybdis of superstition." Charybdis is a:
volcano

whirlpool

half man/half fish

donkey
3 In dream #1, Melchior beats his dog. How is this dream ultimately realized?
Moritz beats Martha

Melchior beats Moritz

Melchior beats Wendla

Martha beats Wendla
4 George Zirschnitz had a Freudian (Oedipus-like) dream. He dreamt about his...
mother

brother

friend

father
5 Wendla reverts to a fantasy story about a man as big as three horses, who disappears around the corner. This recalls her mother's story about what?
a horse

a bull

a stork

a monkey
6 Who does Wendla use as a weapon to force her mother to tell her about the facts of life?
Melchior

a chimney-sweep

her sister, Ina

the doctor
7 What, according to Wendla's mother, must exist in a husband/wife relationship in order to have a child?
pride

sex

ego

love
8 When Hanschen realizes that his photos are incapable of fulfilling his sexual urges, he:
flushes them down the toilet

gives them to friends

tears them up

burns them
9 Hanschen ultimately finds his destiny in a mature relationship with Arabella, the Spaniard.
This statement comes from Melchior's imagination

This statement is correct

This statement comes from Wendla's imagination

This statement is incorrect
10 Moritz requests money from Mrs. Gabor for passage to:
America

England

Spain

France
11 The funeral scene presents the adults as being:
concerned

indifferent

curious

compassionate
12 Who possesses the pistol Moritz used for his suicide?
Melchior

Wendla

Thea

Ilse
13 Who begs for that same pistol?
Wendla

Martha

Ilse

Theo
14 Who is Mother Schmidt?
a midwife who also performs abortions

a therapist

an angel of death

none of the above
15 Who or what does the masked man represent?
the Rektor

Melchior's uncle

atonement for one's sins

life force
16 Who is the masked man's adversary in the graveyard scene?
the Rektor

Moritz

Melchior's mother

Moritz's mother
17 Where does the masked man appear?
at Moritz's funeral

in the woods, accompanying Ilse

at the Reformatory

in the graveyard
18 The other character that can be likened to the masked man is:
Wendla

Moritz

Martha

Ilse
19 "Mama pulled me out of bed by my plait. Mama comes to pray with us every evening." This quote is spoken by:
Wendla

Martha

Thea

Ilse
20 The stage directions for the graveyard scene state: "A bright November night." We assume that this scene takes place on November 1st because it is:
All Soul's Day

Advent

Candlemas

Ascension Day
21 The girls (Martha, Wendla, Thea) would all prefer to have boys when they grow up because:
boys are better-looking

boys have more independence

actually, they would prefer to have girls

boys are smarter
22 "Or perhaps I'd better ask the chimney-sweep." This line is spoken by:
Moritz

Wendla

Hanschen

Martha
23 When Moritz allows his imagination to take him into the world of fantasy, he relates a fairy tale to Melchior. With whom does he identify in the fairy tale?
the mother

Melchior

the queen

the king
24 The two complete scenes which were required to be deleted before the play could be performed in England in 1963 were:
the Reformatory scene and the Mother Schmidt scene

the graveyard scene and the vineyard scene

the vineyard scene and the Reformatory scene

the graveyard scene and the Mother Schmidt scene
25 "I'd deserve to be put in prison - to have you taken away from me." This quote is spoken by:
Melchior's mother

Melchior's father

Wendla's mother

Moritz's father

What were the different methods that killed Wendla and how did it kill her?

Wendla took abortion pills. She didn't know that she was pregnant, and no one told her. As a result, her mother gave her the pills, claiming her daughter was suffering from anemia. Wendla, however, insists she has dropsy. In the end,

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What is the timeline of Spring Awakening?

I'm sorry, we are unable to provide timelines in this short-answer space. GradeSaver, however, has a complete plot summary readily avaiable for your use, which will help you create a timeline for the events in the musical.

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Spring awakening

Spring Awakening is a play. There is no specific point of view, as the characters act and think for themselves.

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