The Good Woman of Setzuan Quizzes

The Good Woman of Setzuan Quiz 1

1 Which character sells water?
Yang Sun

Wong

Shu Fu

Shen Te
2 Which character is the first to meet the gods?
The old woman

Wong

Mrs. Yang

Shen Te
3 Who uses an ear trumpet to hear?
Mrs. Yang

The third god

The first god

The pilot
4 Why do the gods decide Wong is not a good person?
The cup of water he gives them has a false bottom

He throws water at them

He is not a good salesman

He won't let them stay in his mansion
5 What are the gods looking for when they arrive at Setzuan?
Water

A good person

A snake

A prostitute
6 Where do the gods spend the night in Setzuan?
At the home of the old couple

In Mr. Shu Fu's cabin

At Shen Te's house

In Wong's sewer den
7 What do the gods give Shen Te in exchange for a room?
A husband

Money

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?
With Mrs. Shin

In Mr. Shu Fu's cabin

With the husband and wife who used to have a tobacco shop of their own

In Wong's sewer den
10 What does Shen Te give the unemployed man for free?
Her tobacco shop

Money

A cigarette

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

Shelves

A tree

An airplane
12 Who is Shen Te's landlady?
The old woman

Mrs. Yang

Mrs. Mi Tzu

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

Shen Te

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

The three gods
14 Which character never tries to live in Shen Te's home?
The grandfather

The nephew

The wife

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

Wong

Mrs. Shin

Shen Te
16 Where does Shui Ta first appear?
Under a tree

Shen Te's wedding to Yang Sun

Shu Fu's cabin

The tobacco shop
17 Who is caught stealing from the bakery?
The boy

The policeman

The husband

Shui Ta
18 Who writes up a marriage ad on Shen Te's behalf?
The policeman

Yang Sun

Mrs. Mi Tzu

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

Mrs. Shin

Shen Te

Mrs. Yang
20 Which character wants to be a pilot?
Yang Sun

The carpenter

Shui Ta

Shen Te
21 Where does Shen Te meet Yang Sun for the first time?
At their wedding

Under a tree in a park

In an airplane

At the tobacco shop
22 What is the weather like when Shen Te meets Yang Sun?
It is raining

It is snowing

It is incredibly hot and humid

It is a beautiful day
23 What reason does Yang Sun tell Shen Te is keeping him from being a mail pilot?
He is colorblind

He is handicapped

The mail service is down

There are not enough jobs
24 Who else is in the park when Shen Te meets Yang Sun for the first time?
Shui Ta

The old couple

Yang's mother, Mrs. Yang

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

By hanging

By drowning

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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