The Good Woman of Setzuan Quizzes

The Good Woman of Setzuan Quiz 1

1 Which character sells water?
Yang Sun

Shu Fu

Wong

Shen Te
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?
The first god

Mrs. Yang

The third god

The pilot
4 Why do the gods decide Wong is not a good person?
He throws water at them

He is not a good salesman

He won't let them stay in his mansion

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

A prostitute

A snake

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

At Shen Te's house

In Wong's sewer den

In Mr. Shu Fu's cabin
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 a tobacco shop

Buys Mr. Shu Fu's cabins
9 Where did Shen Te stay when she first came to Setzuan from the country?
In Wong's sewer den

With Mrs. Shin

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

In Mr. Shu Fu's cabin
10 What does Shen Te give the unemployed man for free?
Some wine

Money

A cigarette

Her tobacco shop
11 What does the carpenter demand payment from Shen Te for?
An airplane

A tree

Shelves

Tobacco
12 Who is Shen Te's landlady?
Mrs. Shin

The old woman

Mrs. Yang

Mrs. Mi Tzu
13 Who invents Shen Te's cousin Shui Ta?
The three gods

Shen Te

Wong

The wife of the family that is taking advantage of Shen Te's kindness
14 Which character never tries to live in Shen Te's home?
The nephew

The wife

The grandfather

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

Mrs. Shin

Shen Te

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 policeman

The boy

The husband
18 Who writes up a marriage ad on Shen Te's behalf?
Mr. Shu Fu

The policeman

Yang Sun

Mrs. Mi Tzu
19 Who comes to the tobacco store to buy a cigar for her husband on their wedding anniversary?
Mrs. Shin

Mrs. Yang

Shen Te

The old woman
20 Which character wants to be a pilot?
The carpenter

Yang Sun

Shen Te

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

In an airplane

At their wedding

Under a tree in a park
22 What is the weather like when Shen Te meets Yang Sun?
It is raining

It is a beautiful day

It is snowing

It is incredibly hot and humid
23 What reason does Yang Sun tell Shen Te is keeping him from being a mail pilot?
There are not enough jobs

He is colorblind

The mail service is down

He is handicapped
24 Who else is in the park when Shen Te meets Yang Sun for the first time?
Two prostitutes and Wong

Shui Ta

The old couple

Yang's mother, Mrs. Yang
25 How is Yang Sun planning to kill himself?
By drowning

By hanging

By shooting himself

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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