Riders to the Sea Quizzes

Riders to the Sea Quiz 1

1 What year was the play written?

1905

1910

1904

1900
2 Synge is

Irish

English

Scottish

French
3 The play is a/an

satire

farce

tragedy

comedy
4 The play is set in

Dublin

one of the Aran Islands off the coast of Ireland

the Irish countryside

London
5 How many acts is the play?

1

3

4

2
6 Cathleen is

a young girl

quiet and docile

an elderly woman

20 years old
7 What is Cathleen doing at the start of the play/

Sewing

Reading

Kneading cake

Singing
8 What does Nora bring into the cottage at the beginning?

Bread

The bundle of clothes

Plain white boards

Turf
9 Who gave the clothes to Nora?

Maurya

A villager

Bartley

The young priest
10 The priest is always described as

young

quiet

brilliant

kind
11 How do they suppose Michael died?

drowning

illness

gunshot

suicide
12 What is Maurya doing at the start of the play?

Singing

Lying down

Kneading cake

Wailing
13 Who wants to go to the Galway Fair?

Bartley

Maurya

Cathleen

Nora
14 Who is confident God wouldn't take away Maurya's sons?

The young priest

Nora

Maurya herself

Cathleen
15 Where do the girls hide the bundle?

Outside

In a cupboard

In the turf-loft

Under the bed
16 Maurya is best described as

openminded

quiet

sweet

stubborn
17 Who does Maurya think will stop Bartley?

Cathleen

The young priest

His own conscience

Nora
18 Where is Bartley at the start of the play?

Seeing about the ship

Making a halter

Riding horses

Talking to the priest
19 What is the girls' attitude toward their mother?

Subtly derisive

Hostile

Obsequious

Benevolent
20 What is Bartley looking for when he comes home?

Money

Rope

Food

Clothes
21 What animal was chewing on the rope?

A pig

A sheep

A dog

A cat
22 What does Bartley want the rope for?

The coffin

The well

A noose

A halter
23 What does Maurya want the rope for?

Household tasks

The halter

The well

The coffin
24 Who is the coffin initially for?

Maurya

It is unknown

Michael

Bartley
25 What does Maurya think about Bartley going to sea?

She is supportive of it

She is adamantly against it

She is indifferent

We do not know her opinion

Comment on the role of the women in the play.

The characters in the text rigidly adhere to the prescribed gender roles of their time and place. Nora is relatively voiceless, while Cathleen is the keeper of the hearth. Maurya is the quintessential Mother, caring only for her family and the...

Asked by Yasmeen K #1203828

Answered by Aslan on 1/4/2022 7:28 PM