1 Who wrote the play? Samuel Beckett Tracy Letts Jean Genet Edward Albee 2 When was the play first produced? 1952 1961 1968 1955 3 Which of the following is not an Edward Albee play? The Zoo Story The Goat, or Who is Sylvia? Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Happy Days 4 Who is Edward Albee's work most similar to in this list? David Mamet Samuel Beckett Suzan-Lori Parks William Shakespeare 5 What is Edward Albee credited with Americanizing? Postmodernism Theatre of the Absurd Naturalism Expressionism 6 Who directed the first production? Samuel Beckett Elia Kazan Julie Taymor Alan Schneider 7 Who starts the play? Mrs. Barker The Young Man Mommy and Daddy Grandma 8 Where does the play take place? Mommy and Daddy's apartment A boarding school An adoption agency Heaven 9 Who is more dominant in Mommy and Daddy's marriage? Mommy Daddy They are both always trying to dominate the other They are both very easy-going 10 Who are Mommy and Daddy waiting for at the beginning of the play? It remains unclear The van people The Young Man Grandma 11 What doesn't need to get fixed in the apartment? A leak in the ceiling The doorbell The johnny The icebox 12 What does Mommy tell Daddy a story about in the first scene? Buying a hat Meeting Mrs. Barker Meeting with a retirement home Lunch with a friend 13 What color did Mommy think the hat was? Cream Yellow Wheat Beige 14 Who does Mommy run into after buying the hat? The chair of the woman's club Mrs. Barker Grandma A famous fashion designer 15 What color does the chair say the hat is? Orange Wheat Off white Yellow 16 What is Mommy's response to the chair's mis-coloring the hat? She ignored it and moved on She gave the chairman the hat She went to the store and made a scene She burned the hat 17 What is Grandma carrying when she enters? Boxes A baby A beige hat A suitcase 18 Where does Grandma put the boxes? At Daddy's feet On the dining table On the kitchen counter In a cupboard 19 What are the boxes for? Hiding a baby Moving out That's nobody's damn business Christmas 20 Why do old people go deaf, according to Grandma? Because they're listening to God Because they have sinned in their life They don't want to hear people speaking to them like they're old It's just the process of aging 21 Who do Mommy and Daddy threaten will take Grandma away? The adoption agency The angels The "van people" The police 22 Why didn't Mommy eat the lunches that Grandma packed for her? She was anorexic She didn't like Grandma's cooking Grandma forgot to pack her lunch They were wrapped so nicely she didn't want to break them 23 What does Grandma mock Mommy for? Wanting to marry a rich man Her beige hat Having bad skin Not being able to conceive her own child 24 "Old people don't like to talk; old people have ________________" Nothing to say Bad eyes and bad ears No taste for talking Colitis and lavender perfume 25 What did Grandma maybe want to be when she was young? A senator A singer An actress A lawyer
