Top Girls Quizzes

Top Girls Quiz 1

1 What company staged the first production of Top Girls?
London Women's Theater Group

Bright Stage Company

Royal Theater Company

Rich Theater Productions
2 In what city was Top Girls first performed?
Paris

Berlin

London

New York
3 Which prime minister inspired Caryl Churchill to write Top Girls?
John Major

Tony Blair

Ronald Reagan

Margaret Thatcher
4 Who is the central character of the play?
Angie

Pope Joan

Marlene

Joyce
5 Which character suffered from a spinal tumor?
Isabella Bird

Dull Gret

Lady Nijo

Pope Joan
6 Which character was a courtesan?
Griselda

Dull Gret

Isabella Bird

Lady Nijo
7 Which character was in a painting by Brueghel?
Isabella Bird

Griselda

Dull Gret

Lady Nijo
8 Which character is based on a tale by Chaucer?
Griselda

Pope Joan

Isabella Bird

Dull Gret
9 How many Acts are in Top Girls?
2

3

4

5
10 What is the setting of the first Act of Top Girls?
Joyce's Backyard

The Agency

A dinner party at a London restaurant

Joyce's Kitchen
11 What is Marlene’s career?
Director of a Theater

Manager at an employment agency

Lawyer at a London firm

Doctor at a Hospital
12 What kind of wine does Marlene order at the opening of the play?
Muscat

Montepulciano

Frascati

Pint Noir
13 Which guest is the first to arrive at Marlene's dinner party?
Isabella Bird

Dull Gret

Lady Nijo

Pope Joan
14 Who is Isabella Bird’s sister?
Hennie

Fannie

Jennie

Ellie
15 Who is the second guest to arrive at Marlene's dinner party?
Pope Joan

Lady Nijo

Isabella Bird

Dull Gret
16 Isabella says she once met the Emperor of what nation?
Tunisia

Egypt

Ethiopia

Morocco
17 Who is the third guest to arrive at Marlene's dinner party?
Dull Gret

Lady Nijo

Isabella Bird

Griselda
18 Who is the fourth guest to arrive at Marlene's dinner party?
Griselda

Pope Joan

Lady Nijo

Isabella Bird
19 Which guest arrives late to Marlene's dinner party and goes unnoticed at first?
Griselda

Marlene

Lady Nijo

Pope Joan
20 Which ancient Greek philosopher’s doctrine of forms does Joan mention?
Plato

Aristotle

Empedocles

Heraclitus
21 What are Nijo’s robes made of?
Cotton

Silk

Felt

Bamboo
22 How many children does Njio have?
0

4

6

2
23 Who is Nijo’s priest lover?
Ariake

Ito

Shinto

Yuki
24 Who tells Nijo she doesn’t have the right to wear thin robes?
The Empress

The High Priest

The Shogun

The Emperor
25 For how many years does Njio walk through Japan?
10

20

6

14

“I don’t know who’d have her, mind” (Joyce, Act 2.2). Explore the theme of ownership within marriage as it appears within the play.

Top Girls depicts political economic conditions of oppression in 1970s Britain. Many working class families, like Joyce and Angie, experienced nothing but difficulty, and saw no opportunities for advancement. Joyce and Marlene's blue-collar...

Asked by Tyler L #516352

Answered by jill d #170087 on 11/23/2020 12:41 PM