Anna Christie Quizzes

Anna Christie Quiz 1

1 O'Neill's other famous plays include ___.

The View from the Bridge

The Iceman Cometh

Strange Interlude

Desire Under the Elms
2 Where is the play initially set?

Portland

Seattle

New York

Boston
3 In what year is the play set?

1930

1910

1940

1920
4 The play was initially titled after which character?

Mat

Johnny

Marthy

Chris
5 The play is set on the barge and ___.

in a shop

in a church

in a saloon

in a house
6 Which character speaks mostly in the vernacular?

Chris

Anna

Mat

Larry
7 Who is the bartender?

Chris

Mat

Larry

Johnny
8 Who is a sailor at the time of the play?

Chris

Larry

Mat

Johnny
9 What social phenomenon is happening at this time?

The Great Depression

WWII

Prohibition

WWI
10 Where is Chris's letter sent?

His house

His barge

The bar

A church
11 Where was Anna living?

Missouri

Wisconsin

Iowa

Minnesota
12 Chris is all the following except ___.

short and squat

amiable

about thirty

red-faced
13 We know that Marthy has ___ in her past.

indebtedness

drug usage

prostitution

imprisonment
14 What is Marthy's relationship to Chris?

Lover

Employer

Sister

Fellow union member
15 When was the last time Chris saw Anna?

When she was 5

Two years ago

When she was one

When she was 10
16 Where are Chris and Anna from?

France

Austria-Hungary

Germany

Sweden
17 Where did Anna end up living?

In a brothel

Her mother's relatives

In an orphanage

With friends
18 Marthy is characterized by ___.

her biting wit

her striking beauty

her savage rage

her good humor
19 Chris is often ___.

angry

drunk

depressed

serene
20 Anna is described as all the following except ___.

blonde

pretty

about 15 years old

a bit rundown
21 Anna's personality is ___.

defensive

quick to anger

good humored

all of these, at times
22 What is Anna disappointed to learn about her father?

He isn't rich.

He is unmarried.

He lives on a barge.

He is religious.
23 Who took advantage of Anna on the farm?

A grandfather

A cousin

A local man

An uncle
24 Anna's first job was a ___.

teacher

shopgirl

nurse/governess

prostitute
25 Anna claims to despise ___.

the sea

her father

men

sex

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