The Good Woman of Setzuan Quizzes

The Good Woman of Setzuan Quiz 1

1 Which character sells water?
Wong

Shen Te

Shu Fu

Yang Sun
2 Which character is the first to meet the gods?
Wong

Mrs. Yang

Shen Te

The old woman
3 Who uses an ear trumpet to hear?
Mrs. Yang

The first god

The pilot

The third god
4 Why do the gods decide Wong is not a good person?
He is not a good salesman

He won't let them stay in his mansion

He throws water at them

The cup of water he gives them has a false bottom
5 What are the gods looking for when they arrive at Setzuan?
A good person

A snake

A prostitute

Water
6 Where do the gods spend the night in Setzuan?
At Shen Te's house

At the home of the old couple

In Wong's sewer den

In Mr. Shu Fu's cabin
7 What do the gods give Shen Te in exchange for a room?
Money

A husband

A baby

The ability to handle being good in a bad world
8 What does Shen Te do with the money the gods give her?
Squanders it

Pays for a prostitute

Buys Mr. Shu Fu's cabins

Buys a tobacco shop
9 Where did Shen Te stay when she first came to Setzuan from the country?
In Wong's sewer den

With Mrs. Shin

In Mr. Shu Fu's cabin

With the husband and wife who used to have a tobacco shop of their own
10 What does Shen Te give the unemployed man for free?
Some wine

Her tobacco shop

A cigarette

Money
11 What does the carpenter demand payment from Shen Te for?
Tobacco

An airplane

Shelves

A tree
12 Who is Shen Te's landlady?
The old woman

Mrs. Shin

Mrs. Mi Tzu

Mrs. Yang
13 Who invents Shen Te's cousin Shui Ta?
Shen Te

The three gods

The wife of the family that is taking advantage of Shen Te's kindness

Wong
14 Which character never tries to live in Shen Te's home?
Wong

The nephew

The wife

The grandfather
15 Which character does the gods often visit in dreams?
Yang Sun

Shen Te

Mrs. Shin

Wong
16 Where does Shui Ta first appear?
Shen Te's wedding to Yang Sun

Under a tree

The tobacco shop

Shu Fu's cabin
17 Who is caught stealing from the bakery?
Shui Ta

The boy

The husband

The policeman
18 Who writes up a marriage ad on Shen Te's behalf?
Mrs. Mi Tzu

Yang Sun

The policeman

Mr. Shu Fu
19 Who comes to the tobacco store to buy a cigar for her husband on their wedding anniversary?
Mrs. Yang

The old woman

Shen Te

Mrs. Shin
20 Which character wants to be a pilot?
Shui Ta

The carpenter

Shen Te

Yang Sun
21 Where does Shen Te meet Yang Sun for the first time?
At the tobacco shop

In an airplane

Under a tree in a park

At their wedding
22 What is the weather like when Shen Te meets Yang Sun?
It is snowing

It is a beautiful day

It is incredibly hot and humid

It is raining
23 What reason does Yang Sun tell Shen Te is keeping him from being a mail pilot?
The mail service is down

He is colorblind

He is handicapped

There are not enough jobs
24 Who else is in the park when Shen Te meets Yang Sun for the first time?
Yang's mother, Mrs. Yang

Shui Ta

The old couple

Two prostitutes and Wong
25 How is Yang Sun planning to kill himself?
By shooting himself

By drowning

By hanging

By starving

Explain with reference to the context you read

Shen Te cannot help everyone; if she tries, nobody will survive, including herself.

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The role and function of the three gods?

Their main job seems to be to find out the qualities of the people they encounter. While they hope to find goodness, charity, and honesty, they encounter people who have all bad vices and seem to have no redeeming qualities. When a poor prostitute...

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The Good Woman of Setzuan

by Bertolt Brecht

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