Master Harold… And the Boys Quizzes

Master Harold... And the Boys Quiz 1

By Kristen Osborne · Edited by A. Boghani · Last reviewed March 31, 2014

1 What year did Athol Fugard write "Master Harold"... and the boys?

1982

1991

1965

1970
2 What country is Athol Fugard from?

France

England

Norway

South Africa
3 Where did "'Master Harold'... and the boys" first premiere?

America

Paris

South Africa

England
4 Master Harold's nickname is

Hally

Sam

Hilda

Willie
5 How many acts are there in "'Master Harold'... and the boys"?

2

3

1

4
6 Where is the "'Master Harold'... and the boys" set?

Servants' quarters

Outside

A tea room

City hall
7 Sam works as a

butler

cook

waiter

janitor
8 "'Master Harold'... and the boys" is set in

1900

1950

1970

1980
9 What is Sam doing when the play opens?

Cleaning

Staring dreamily into space

Reading a comic book

Dancing
10 What is Willie doing when the play opens?

Reading a book

Eating

Cleaning

Practicing dance
11 Who is Hilda?

Another servant

Hally's mom

Sam's lover

Willie's lover
12 Why is Willie mad at Hilda?

She is mean to him

She can't dance well

She may be cheating on him

She stole from him
13 Whose music do the men listen to on the record player while they practice dancing?

Louis Armstrong

Count Basie

Jelly Roll Morton

Cab Callaway
14 Hally is all of the following EXCEPT

15 years old

white

a little untidy

17 years old
15 Where is Hally's dad during the play?

in jail

at the hospital

in a bar

in his room
16 What does the chair symbolize in the play?

political power

ennui

black autonomy

white authority
17 Hally doodles all over his...

science book

diary

English book

math book
18 Hally says he "oscillates between _____ and despair."

anger

hope

boredom

ecstasy
19 Hally and Sam refer to "great men" as...

men of prominence

leaders of their age

social reformers

heros
20 Regarding Hally's intellect...

he is hardworking but can't seem to do well

he is smart but not hardworking

he is neither smart nor hardworking

he is not very smart
21 Who is the first man of magnitude that Sam and Hally consider?

Jesus

Gandhi

Napoleon

Darwin
22 Hally suggests ________ as a "man of magnitude" because he "revolutionized science."

Galileo

Darwin

Copernicus

Pasteur
23 Sams's suggestion of ________ as a "man of magnitude" leads Hally to scoff, "you've never been a slave, you know."

Frederick Douglass

Nelson Mandela

Gandhi

Lincoln
24 Which literary figure does Hally choose as a "man of magnitude?"

Homer

Dostoevsky

Dickens

Tolstoy
25 Whose name does Sam mention that prompts Hally to talk about being an atheist?

Abraham

Muhammad

Moses

Jesus

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