The Sandbox Quizzes

The Sandbox Quiz 1

1 Who wrote the play?

Martin McDonagh

Edward Albee

Stephen Adley Guirgis

Samuel Beckett
2 When was it first performed?

1965

1960

1962

1980
3 To whose memory was the play dedicated?

Albee's father

Albee's grandmother

Albee's lover

Albee's mother
4 When was Albee's grandmother born?

1890

1876

1877

1880
5 When did she die?

1959

1966

1953

1962
6 How old is the Young Man?

27

25

22

24
7 What does the Young Man represent?

The Angel of Death

Sexuality in general

Homosexuality

Fame
8 How old is Mommy?

57

50

42

55
9 What is Mommy's personality like?

Demure and shy

Domineering and intense

Silent and reserved

Charming and endearing
10 How old is Daddy?

63

60

58

55
11 Which of the following is not an Edward Albee play?

A Delicate Balance

True West

Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

The American Dream
12 What longer play of Albee's is this play often associated with?

Three Tall Women

Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

The Goat

The American Dream
13 What is the Young Man doing when the play starts?

Practicing his lines

Dancing

Calisthenics

Singing
14 What are the calisthenics meant to call to mind?

Sexual intercourse

The beating of wings

Climbing a mountain

Rowing a boat
15 What is the Young Man wearing?

A tuxedo

A bathing suit

Nothing

A beekeeper's uniform
16 Where does Mommy say the play takes place?

The Upper West Side

Heaven

The beach

The farm she grew up on
17 What does Daddy complain about when they first arrive at the beach?

That there's a half naked man there

That it's cold

That it's warm

That there's an audience
18 What does the Young Man say over and over throughout the play?

Hi!

I'm the Angel of Death!

Howdy!

I am an actor!
19 Whose mother is Grandma?

The Musician's

The Young Man's

Mommy's

Daddy's
20 What instrument does the musician play?

It isn't specified

Cello

Piano

Violin
21 How does Grandma enter the stage?

She walks

She is pulled on in a rickshaw by the Young Man

Mommy and Daddy carry her

She roller skates on
22 How old is Grandma?

66

78

86

90
23 Where do they put Grandma?

In a tub

In a chair

Under a tree

In the sandbox
24 What is Grandma's response to being plopped in the sandbox?

She cries quietly

She is delighted

She screams

She sings a song from her youth
25 What is Mommy's attitude towards Daddy?

Shy and receding

Condescending and dismissive

Curious and inquisitive

Aroused and attentive

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The Sandbox

by Edward Albee

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