Spring Awakening Quizzes

Spring Awakening Quiz 1

1 According to Wedekind, "Spring Awakening" was written during what time span?
1910-1911

1880-1881

1900-1901

1890-1891
2 Moritz refers to his life as a "Charybdis of superstition." Charybdis is a:
donkey

volcano

half man/half fish

whirlpool
3 In dream #1, Melchior beats his dog. How is this dream ultimately realized?
Melchior beats Wendla

Moritz beats Martha

Martha beats Wendla

Melchior beats Moritz
4 George Zirschnitz had a Freudian (Oedipus-like) dream. He dreamt about his...
brother

friend

father

mother
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 bull

a monkey

a horse

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

her sister, Ina

the doctor

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

sex

love

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

tears them up

gives them to friends

burns them
9 Hanschen ultimately finds his destiny in a mature relationship with Arabella, the Spaniard.
This statement is correct

This statement comes from Melchior's imagination

This statement is incorrect

This statement comes from Wendla's imagination
10 Moritz requests money from Mrs. Gabor for passage to:
England

France

Spain

America
11 The funeral scene presents the adults as being:
indifferent

compassionate

concerned

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

Wendla

Ilse

Thea
13 Who begs for that same pistol?
Theo

Ilse

Martha

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

an angel of death

a therapist

none of the above
15 Who or what does the masked man represent?
Melchior's uncle

life force

atonement for one's sins

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

Moritz

Moritz's mother

Melchior's mother
17 Where does the masked man appear?
in the woods, accompanying Ilse

in the graveyard

at Moritz's funeral

at the Reformatory
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:
Martha

Ilse

Thea

Wendla
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

Ascension Day

Advent

Candlemas
21 The girls (Martha, Wendla, Thea) would all prefer to have boys when they grow up because:
actually, they would prefer to have girls

boys are smarter

boys have more independence

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

Hanschen

Moritz

Wendla
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 queen

the king

the mother

Melchior
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 vineyard scene and the Reformatory scene

the graveyard scene and the vineyard 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:
Wendla's mother

Melchior's father

Melchior'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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