The Real Inspector Hound Quizzes

The Real Inspector Hound Quiz 1

1 In what year did the play first premiere?
1969

1961

1962

1968
2 Who is the author?
Jean Genet

Eugene Ionesco

Samuel Beckett

Tom Stoppard
3 Where is the play-within-a-play set?
Muldoon Mansion

London Theater

Muldoon Manor

None of the above
4 What are the names of the theater critics?
Simon and Birdboot

Moon and Bootbird

Moon and Simon

Moon and Birdboot
5 What is the weather at Muldoon Manor?
Stormy

It is never mentioned

Snowy

Sunny
6 Who is Mrs. Drudge?
Cynthia's mother

The Cook

The Maid

Albert's wife
7 What covers up the dead body at Muldoon Manor?
The rug

The table

The couch

The curtain
8 What is Moon's profession?
first-string critic

second-string critic

third-string critic

actor
9 What is the relationship between Moon and Birdboot?
Moon is Birdboot's superior

Birdboot is Moon's superior

They are both theater critics

Moon and Birdboot work for the same company
10 What is the name of Birdboot's wife?
Felicity

Myrtle

Cynthia

Mrs. Drudge
11 Who did Birdboot go out with the previous evening?
The actress who plays Felicity

Myrtle

The actress who plays Cynthia

Mrs. Drudge
12 Who does Birdboot fall for during the play?
Myrtle

Cynthia

Felicity

Mrs. Drudge
13 The Real Inspector Hound parodies what genre most closely?
The Londer theater scene

Drama

Tragicomedy

Detective fiction
14 What is the name of the first-string critic?
Puckeridge

Higgs

Birdboot

Moon
15 What is the name of the third-string critic?
Birdboot

Puckeridge

Moon

Higgs
16 Who is a more well-known critic?
Birdboot

Neither is well-known

Moon

They are both well-known
17 Who is the most likely caller on the telephone when Birdboot is onstage?
Hound

Myrtle

The madman

Higgs
18 Who is the police chief?
Inspector Hound

Major Magnus

Detective Peters

Simon Gascoyne
19 In what county is Muldoon Manor located?
East Sussex

Dorset

Essex

Somerset
20 Who is Cynthia's best friend?
Simon

Felicity

Mrs. Drudge

None of the above
21 Who enters the drawing room when Mrs. Drudge is on the telephone?
Moon

Major Magnus

Birdboot

Simon Gascoyne
22 What sport are Cynthia and Felicity playing?
Tennis

Cricket

Badminton

Squash
23 What game do the four residents play together?
Chess

Twister

Cards

Checkers
24 What does Moon accuse Birdboot of?
Blocking his access to first-string

Talking during the play

Writing poor reviews of the theater

Cheating on his wife
25 Which character at Muldoon Manor seems most like Birdboot?
Inspector Hound

Simon Gascoyne

Major Magnus

None of the above

What is the choice of version for staging? What are the modification

On- and off-stage in a London theatre - featuring both a murder mystery on-stage, and critics in the play's audience.

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Answered by jill d #170087 on 5/29/2023 11:36 AM

Hound appears in the middle of the play to investigate an alleged phone call. His character takes its inspiration from Hound of the Baskervilles, the third of four crime novels featuring Sherlock Holmes and published in 1902. In that novel, the...

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what is the dramatic function of Mrs. Drudge in the play? Is she a static character or dynamic, and does her character change over time >?

Mrs. Drudge's dramatic function is to serve as the stage-direction-shouting housekeeper in the play. She acts and directs all at the same time.

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Answered by jill d #170087 on 2/22/2013 11:06 AM

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The Real Inspector Hound

by Tom Stoppard

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