The Real Inspector Hound Quizzes

The Real Inspector Hound Quiz 1

1 In what year did the play first premiere?
1962

1961

1969

1968
2 Who is the author?
Jean Genet

Tom Stoppard

Eugene Ionesco

Samuel Beckett
3 Where is the play-within-a-play set?
London Theater

Muldoon Manor

Muldoon Mansion

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

Moon and Birdboot

Moon and Bootbird

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

It is never mentioned

Sunny

Snowy
6 Who is Mrs. Drudge?
The Cook

Cynthia's mother

Albert's wife

The Maid
7 What covers up the dead body at Muldoon Manor?
The curtain

The rug

The couch

The table
8 What is Moon's profession?
third-string critic

second-string critic

actor

first-string critic
9 What is the relationship between Moon and Birdboot?
They are both theater critics

Moon and Birdboot work for the same company

Birdboot is Moon's superior

Moon is Birdboot's superior
10 What is the name of Birdboot's wife?
Felicity

Mrs. Drudge

Cynthia

Myrtle
11 Who did Birdboot go out with the previous evening?
Mrs. Drudge

The actress who plays Felicity

Myrtle

The actress who plays Cynthia
12 Who does Birdboot fall for during the play?
Felicity

Cynthia

Mrs. Drudge

Myrtle
13 The Real Inspector Hound parodies what genre most closely?
Detective fiction

Tragicomedy

Drama

The Londer theater scene
14 What is the name of the first-string critic?
Moon

Birdboot

Higgs

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

Higgs

Puckeridge

Moon
16 Who is a more well-known critic?
Moon

They are both well-known

Neither is well-known

Birdboot
17 Who is the most likely caller on the telephone when Birdboot is onstage?
Higgs

The madman

Myrtle

Hound
18 Who is the police chief?
Simon Gascoyne

Inspector Hound

Major Magnus

Detective Peters
19 In what county is Muldoon Manor located?
Dorset

Essex

Somerset

East Sussex
20 Who is Cynthia's best friend?
Mrs. Drudge

Simon

Felicity

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

Major Magnus

Simon Gascoyne

Birdboot
22 What sport are Cynthia and Felicity playing?
Cricket

Badminton

Tennis

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

Checkers

Twister

Chess
24 What does Moon accuse Birdboot of?
Cheating on his wife

Writing poor reviews of the theater

Talking during the play

Blocking his access to first-string
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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