The Threepenny Opera Quizzes

Think you’ve got your head wrapped around The Threepenny Opera? Put your knowledge to the test. Good luck — the Stickman is counting on you!
Q. Who says, "[M]y business is arousing human sympathy"?


Mr. Peachum
Celia Peachum
Polly Peachum
Mac the Knife
Q. Who says that they can't have their wedding in a stable because it's "the biggest day of our life"?


Mac
Polly
Matthew
Jake
Q. Who is Mrs. Peachum talking about when she says, "when she's cost as much as a sailing ship, she throws herself in the garden like a rotten pickle"?


Polly
Herself
Low-Dive Jenny
Lucy
Q. Which characters hold signs that say, "I gave my eye for my king"?


The Coronation guard
The prostitutes
The beggars
The constables
Q. Who does Polly visit to ask forgiveness for her behavior?


Lucy
Macheath
Mrs. Peachum
The constable