A Taste of Honey Quizzes

A Taste of Honey Quiz 1

1 Who wrote A Taste of Honey?
Shelagh Baker

Josephine Baker

Shelagh Delaney

Josephine Delaney
2 What form does A Taste of Honey take?
Short story

Novel

Play

Poem
3 In what country is A Taste of Honey set?
France

United States

England

Canada
4 In what city is A Taste of Honey set?
Delhi

London

Sydney

Manchester
5 How many acts are in A Taste of Honey?
Two

One

Four

Three
6 How many distinct scenes are in each act of A Taste of Honey?
Two scenes per act

Fourteen scenes total

There are no scene divisions

Two scenes total
7 What year was A Taste of Honey first performed?
2014

1999

1938

1958
8 How many on-stage characters does A Taste of Honey feature?
Five

One

Three

Two
9 Who is the play's protagonist?
Peter

Helen

Jo

Geoffrey
10 Who is the primary antagonist in A Taste of Honey?
Jo

Peter

Geoffrey

Helen
11 What event marks the opening of the play?
Helen leaves Jo to go to the pub

Jo gets into art school

Helen and Jo move into a new flat

Peter breaks up with Helen
12 According to Helen, what is her primary consideration when selecting a place to live?
Whether there is a school nearby

How much light it gets

If she can afford it

Whether Jo will like it
13 How old is Jo at the beginning of the play?
Twelve

Sixteen

Seventeen

Twenty
14 What props do Helen and Jo have in their hands when they first appear on stage?
Nothing, they left their last place taking nothing with them

Baggage

Bottles of wine

Dog leashes
15 How does Jo feel about the flat they are moving into?
She doesn't like it

She thinks it just needs a little love

She refuses to move into it

She loves it
16 How is Helen described in the stage directions?
A part-time hooker

A semi-whore

A fancy lady

A lady of the night
17 What does Helen continually complain about in the opening scene?
The flat is too big

Jo not helping find suitable lodgings

The flat is too warm

A cold that makes her nose run
18 What does Helen say the flat has a "lovely view of"?
The croft

The gasworks

The river

The cement plant
19 What feature discussed in the play distinguishes the flat as being in a lodging house?
The landlady is always barging in

There are no windows

The electricity shuts off constantly because everyone is sharing

There is a shared bathroom down the hall
20 What is Helen's first desire upon arriving at the new flat?
Having a drink

Unpacking

Meeting the neighbors

Opening the windows to air it out
21 When Jo says, "She'd lose her head if it was loose," it is an example of what literary device?
Situational irony

Simile

Metaphor

Foreshadowing
22 What does Helen drink in the opening scene?
Wine

Water

Whisky

Beer
23 How does Helen react when Jo says she doesn't want to drink alcohol?
Helen respects her daughter's boundaries

Helen tries to get Jo to try it at least

Helen says she knows she ought to quit herself

Helen weeps and knocks back more booze
24 What does Jo say she can smell from the new flat?
The gasworks

The river

The cement plant

The sewage plant
25 What socioeconomic class do Jo and Helen belong to?
Middle

Working

Upper

They live in a society that has done away with class distinctions