Anna Christie Quizzes

Anna Christie Quiz 1

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

The View from the Bridge

Desire Under the Elms

Strange Interlude

The Iceman Cometh
2 Where is the play initially set?

Portland

Boston

Seattle

New York
3 In what year is the play set?

1920

1930

1940

1910
4 The play was initially titled after which character?

Marthy

Mat

Chris

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

in a church

in a saloon

in a shop

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

Anna

Mat

Larry

Chris
7 Who is the bartender?

Mat

Larry

Johnny

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

Mat

Larry

Chris

Johnny
9 What social phenomenon is happening at this time?

WWII

The Great Depression

WWI

Prohibition
10 Where is Chris's letter sent?

The bar

His house

A church

His barge
11 Where was Anna living?

Minnesota

Wisconsin

Iowa

Missouri
12 Chris is all the following except ___.

about thirty

red-faced

short and squat

amiable
13 We know that Marthy has ___ in her past.

drug usage

prostitution

indebtedness

imprisonment
14 What is Marthy's relationship to Chris?

Sister

Lover

Employer

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

When she was 5

When she was one

When she was 10

Two years ago
16 Where are Chris and Anna from?

Austria-Hungary

Germany

France

Sweden
17 Where did Anna end up living?

In a brothel

Her mother's relatives

With friends

In an orphanage
18 Marthy is characterized by ___.

her striking beauty

her biting wit

her savage rage

her good humor
19 Chris is often ___.

serene

depressed

drunk

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

blonde

pretty

about 15 years old

a bit rundown
21 Anna's personality is ___.

defensive

good humored

quick to anger

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

He isn't rich.

He is religious.

He lives on a barge.

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

A cousin

An uncle

A grandfather

A local man
24 Anna's first job was a ___.

prostitute

teacher

shopgirl

nurse/governess
25 Anna claims to despise ___.

men

the sea

her father

sex

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