Deck 12: Various Plays and Novels

Question 1

What is the name of Son's hometown in Tar Baby?

A)tallahassee
B)tampa
C)elbow
D)eloe

Answer 1

eloe

Question 2

What pest invades Valerian's greenhouse in Tar Baby?

A)ants
B)mice
C)snakes
D)wasps

Answer 2

ants

Question 3

What did Thérèse used to do as a job?

A)she was a cook.
B)she was a tour guide.
C)she was a wet nurse.
D)she was a janitor.

Answer 3

she was a wet nurse.

Question 4

What is the play Emperor Jones an allegory for?

A)parenthood
B)marriage
C)integration
D)u.s. imperialism

Question 5

What was the original title of the play Emperor Jones?

A)the silver bullet
B)the indies
C)the escape
D)the emperor brutus

Question 6

What is the only item of furniture in the palace of the emperor in Emperor Jones?

A)a rocking chair
B)a couch
C)an ottoman
D)a throne

Question 7

Who is the only subject in the palace in Emperor Jones?

A)derek
B)an old woman
C)jeff
D)lem

Question 8

What weapon is Smithers carrying in Emperor Jones?

A)a whip
B)a gun
C)a sword
D)a bomb

Question 9

Who tried to assassinate Jones in Emperor Jones?

A)jeff
B)smithers
C)lem
D)the old woman

Question 10

What did Jones tell his subjects was the only thing that could kill him in Emperor Jones?

A)a silver bullet
B)poison
C)a knife
D)an arrow

Question 11

Why did Jones kill Jeff in Emperor Jones?

A)jeff owed him a large debt
B)a dispute in a game of craps
C)jeff slept with his wife
D)jeff called him a name

Question 12

The action of the play The Glass Menagerie takes place in the

A)1890s
B)1950s
C)1960s
D)1930s

Question 13

The setting of the play The Glass Menagerie

A)chicago
B)new york
C)new orleans
D)st. louis

Question 14

Tom in The Glass Menagerie works at

A)a shoe warehouse
B)a bank
C)the docks
D)a bakery

Question 15

How is Laura physically handicapped in The Glass Menagerie?

A)she has a lame leg.
B)she is blind.
C)she is autistic.
D)she has a lame arm.

Question 16

Amanda never allows Laura or Tom to describe Laura's condition using the word

A)retarded
B)lame
C)unusual
D)crippled

Question 17

Jim O'Connor voices the opinion that

A)amanda is an inconsiderate hostess
B)laura should see a psychoanalyst
C)someone should kiss laura
D)tom should stop going to so many movies

Question 18

What does Tom warn Amanda about Mr. O'Connor?

A)mr. o'connor doesn't like to go to the movies.
B)mr. o'connor has a drinking problem.
C)mr. o'connor has been fired from his last two jobs.
D)mr. o'connor doesn't know about laura.

Question 19

What happens when Laura's glass unicorn is broken?

A)she becomes ill and rushes to her room.
B)she demands that amanda get her a new one.
C)she maintains that now the unicorn is normal.
D)she tells tom she never cared for the unicorn.

Question 20

"Dutchman" is a reference to a/an

A)plantation
B)slave ship
C)song
D)war

Question 21

What is Lula's first name in "Dutchman?"

A)lyra
B)layla
C)lena
D)lora

Question 22

What poet does Clay, in "Dutchman", say he thought he was?

A)coleridge
B)baudelaire
C)wordsworth
D)yeats

Question 23

Lula, in "Dutchman", calls Clay "my _______"

A)hero
B)christ
C)lover
D)saviour

Question 24

Lula, in "Dutchman", labels Clay

A)an idiot
B)a slave
C)a liar
D)a murderer

Question 25

What is one thing that Lula, in "Dutchman" has in her bag?

A)glasses
B)a soda
C)cash
D)books