The Playboy of the Western World Quizzes

The Playboy of the Western World Quiz 1

By E. Zucker · Edited by S.R. Cedars · Last reviewed October 30, 2013

1 In what country is the play set?

Wales

Ireland

Scotland

Iceland
2 The play is set at the beginning of which century?

21st

18th

20th

19th
3 What is a public house?

a brothel

an orphanage

a theater

a pub
4 What is a shebeen?

a pub

a brothel

a horse nursery

a small dog
5 Pegeen Mike's real first name is ____.

Mickaela

Michelle

Margaret

Magdalena
6 At the top of the play, Pegeen is ordering materials for _______.

a funeral

a wedding

a cotillion

a bar mitzvah
7 What do Pegeen and her father do for a living?

tailor suits

run a grocery

clean houses

run an alehouse
8 Why is Shawn Keogh nervous about visiting Pegeen at the beginning of the play?

He needs to ask her for money.

She has a violent temper.

He wants to call off their engagement.

It's improper for them to be alone together.
9 How is Shawn related to Pegeen?

They are engaged.

They are best friends.

She owes his family money.

They are siblings.
10 Shawn's personality would most aptly be described as:

vivacious and charismatic.

quiet and thoughtful.

annoying and cowardly.

creepy and perverse.
11 Pegeen's father Michael leaves to attend _______.

a seance

a wake

the astronomer's club

night school
12 Who is Michael James?

the mayor of Mayo

Christy's father

Pegeen's brother

Pegeen's father
13 Who is Father Reilly?

the Pope

the Archbishop

Pegeen's kindly uncle

the parish priest
14 What is a pot-boy?

the dishwasher in a restaurant

someone who helps out in an alehouse

a bike messenger

a sandwich made of catfish
15 Who are Philly Cullen and Jimmy Farrell?

Michael James's friends

Irish militiamen

Pegeen's dead relatives

Pegeen's suitors
16 Where is Christy first seen?

down a well

in jail

in a ditch

on the roof
17 Who first notices Christy?

Michael James

Shawn Keogh

Philly Cullen

Pegeen Mike
18 How does Christy first greet the group?

"God is great."

"God save all here."

"Salaam alaikum."

"God save the King."
19 Who are the Boers?

English settlers of East India

French settlers of West Africa

Dutch settlers of South Africa

Portugese settlers of Brazil
20 What was the subject of the fateful argument between Christy and his father?

politics

marriage

religion

family
21 What did Christy strike his father with?

a loy

a pickaxe

a desktop computer

a scythe
22 What is a loy?

a spade

a shovel

a hammer

a flag
23 Why does Christy flee his home?

He does not want to fulfill a marriage promise.

He longs to explore the world.

He believes he has killed his father.

He had stolen a neighbor's money.
24 When Christy first meets Pegeen, he is:

arrogant and vain.

suave and debonair.

timid and polite.

homicidally enraged.
25 Christy's story is initially met with:

laughter.

utter shock.

condemnation.

admiration.

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