Spring Awakening Study Guide

1. According to Wedekind, "Spring Awakening" was written during what time span?

• 1900-1901
• 1910-1911
• 1880-1881
• 1890-1891

2. Moritz refers to his life as a "Charybdis of superstition." Charybdis is a:

• donkey
• half man/half fish
• whirlpool
• volcano

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

• Melchior beats Wendla
• Melchior beats Moritz
• Martha beats Wendla
• Moritz beats Martha

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

• friend
• father
• mother
• brother

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 stork
• a monkey
• a bull

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

• her sister, Ina
• the doctor
• a chimney-sweep
• Melchior

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

• ego
• sex
• love
• pride

8. When Hanschen realizes that his photos are incapable of fulfilling his sexual urges, he:

• tears them up
• burns them
• gives them to friends
• flushes them down the toilet

9. Hanschen ultimately finds his destiny in a mature relationship with Arabella, the Spaniard.

• This statement comes from Melchior's imagination
• This statement comes from Wendla's imagination
• This statement is incorrect
• This statement is correct

10. Moritz requests money from Mrs. Gabor for passage to:

• America
• England
• Spain
• France