Long Day’s Journey Into Night Quizzes

Long Day's Journey Into Night Quiz 1

1 Eugene O'Neill was born the child of
wealthy London socialites

circus folk

an actor

investment bankers
2 While in his twenties, O'Neill had to be treated for
herpes

hepatitis

consumption

syphilis
3 In 1916, O'Neill chanced on a career-starting bit of luck when he met the founders of
MGM

the Eugene O'Neill players

Seattle

the Provincetown players
4 Eugene O'Neill is considered to be
the greatest British playwright of this century

the first great American playwright

the last great American playwright

the greatest American playwright of the 19th century
5 Long Day's Journey into Night could best be described as
an experiment in extreme realism

an experiment in surrealist theatre

a short play

a deeply autobiographical work
6 Eugene O'Neill's mother was
an alcoholic

a morphine addict

an actress

a prostitute
7 Eugene's older brother was
a great writer

a drunken whoremonger

a great poet

a great actor
8 Eugene gave the play to his wife Carlotta on the occasion of
their 12th wedding anniversary

their first child's birth

his death

his retirement
9 Eugene O'Neill was the only American playwright to win
the Nobel prize

the Van Deeken prize

the Pulitzer prize

both the Pulitzer prize and the Nobel prize
10 Long Day's Journey into Night was performed
in 1920, at the start of O'Neill's ascent to fame

in 1956, three years after O'Neill's death

1916, before O'Neill was well known

in 1953, in the last year of O'Neill's life
11 The play takes place in
1950

1945

1415

1912
12 The play is set in
the kitchen of the Tyrones' summer home

a cheap Broadway hotel

the Tyrone parents bedroom

the family room of the Tyrones' summer home
13 Edmund is
sick with tuberculosis

the younger son

the older son

both the younger son and sick with tuberculosis
14 Jamie is
the older son

the uncle

the younger son

the dead middle son
15 Mary has a problem with
heroin

morphine

opium

cocaine
16 The Tyrones' ancestry is
English

Scottish

Irish

German
17 The family's religion is
Anglicanism

Methodist

Catholicism

Lutheranism
18 The dominant night time weather near the Tyrone house is
clear skies

rain

flooding

fog
19 James Tyrone is a(n)
actor

investment banker

businessman

writer
20 Jamie's female companions tend to be
rich but snobby socialites

whores

Broadway dancers

fresh-off-the-boat Irish girls
21 Edmund is going to have to go to
New Zealand

a sanatorium

college

an asylum
22 Mary's reaction to Edmund's illness could best be described as
denial

happiness

grief

rage
23 People in the family constantly criticize Tyrone for his
cocaine problem

miserliness

coldness

vanity
24 Who of the Tyrone men abuses alcohol?
Jamie Tyrone

James Tyrone

Edmund Tyrone

All of the above
25 The name of the second servant is
Cathleen

Molly

Ellen

Harriet

Does the family in the play ever really talk?

Breakdown of communication is a very apparent theme in the play. We are forced to listen to the same arguments again and again because nothing ever gets resolved. The Tyrones fight, but often hide the most important feelings. There is a deep...

Asked by Lola B #575338

Answered by jill d #170087 on 6/9/2023 11:00 AM