Educating Rita Quizzes

Educating Rita Quiz 1

By Kristen Osborne-Bartucca · Edited by Aaron Suduiko · Last reviewed May 21, 2015

1 What year was the play written?

1970

1980

2000

1990
2 Russell is

American

English

Irish

Dutch
3 The play is set in

Suffolk

Wales

Liverpool

London
4 All of the play's action takes place in

A coffeeshop

Frank's office

Rita's house

Rita's hair salon
5 Which characters have speaking roles in the text?

Frank, Rita, and Denny only

Frank, Rita, and Julia only

Frank, Rita, and Tyson only

Frank and Rita only
6 Which word best describes Frank?

Optimistic

Dull

Cruel

Disillusioned
7 Which word best describes Rita?

Cynical

Bland

Morose

Plucky
8 What activity is Julia most associated with?

Sewing

Reading

Running

Cooking
9 Rita complains about what being broken?

The desk drawer

The door

The window

The chair
10 Rita describes Frank's painting as

disgusting

boring

erotic

mesmerizing
11 Rita refers to people as cowards in regards to

stealing

drinking

drugs

smoking
12 What does Rita respond with when Frank asks her what she wants to know?

Life

Everything

Literature

Poetry
13 Rita complains about poor people's antipathy toward

proper clothing

education

bathing

cursing
14 In the first scene besides the painting what else does Rita admire?

The desk

The books

The globe

The window
15 Rita asks Frank what _______ means.

assonance

alliteration

metonymy

metaphor
16 What is Rita's real name?

Susan

Lucinda

Cecile

Lucille
17 What is Rita's occupation at the beginning of the play?

Waitress

Nanny

Bank teller

Hairdresser
18 What author does Frank first give Rita to read?

E.M. Forster

T.S. Eliot

William Blake

Charles Dickens
19 Rita describes Denny as being

mean

blind

rude

stupid
20 How does Frank describe his own teaching?

Appalling

Irrelevant

Flawed

Excellent
21 How does Rita describe her schools?

She never went to school

Boring

Intellectually rigorous

Full of fighting
22 What does Rita want to buy after she passes her first exam?

Shoes

A hat

A ring

A dress
23 Frank tells Rita in the beginning that her criticism needs to be more

succinct

subjective

objective

nuanced
24 Why does Rita hate "Howards End"?

She could not understand it

She didn't like the characters

Forster says he does not like poor people

Forster says he does not like women
25 What is Rubyfruit Jungle?

A bistro

A poem

A book

Rita's hair salon

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