Top Girls Quizzes

Top Girls Quiz 1

1 What company staged the first production of Top Girls?
Bright Stage Company

London Women's Theater Group

Rich Theater Productions

Royal Theater Company
2 In what city was Top Girls first performed?
New York

Berlin

London

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

Ronald Reagan

Margaret Thatcher

Tony Blair
4 Who is the central character of the play?
Angie

Pope Joan

Joyce

Marlene
5 Which character suffered from a spinal tumor?
Pope Joan

Dull Gret

Lady Nijo

Isabella Bird
6 Which character was a courtesan?
Griselda

Lady Nijo

Isabella Bird

Dull Gret
7 Which character was in a painting by Brueghel?
Lady Nijo

Griselda

Dull Gret

Isabella Bird
8 Which character is based on a tale by Chaucer?
Pope Joan

Dull Gret

Griselda

Isabella Bird
9 How many Acts are in Top Girls?
4

2

3

5
10 What is the setting of the first Act of Top Girls?
The Agency

A dinner party at a London restaurant

Joyce's Backyard

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

Lawyer at a London firm

Manager at an employment agency

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

Frascati

Muscat

Montepulciano
13 Which guest is the first to arrive at Marlene's dinner party?
Pope Joan

Dull Gret

Isabella Bird

Lady Nijo
14 Who is Isabella Bird’s sister?
Hennie

Jennie

Ellie

Fannie
15 Who is the second guest to arrive at Marlene's dinner party?
Dull Gret

Isabella Bird

Pope Joan

Lady Nijo
16 Isabella says she once met the Emperor of what nation?
Egypt

Tunisia

Ethiopia

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

Dull Gret

Isabella Bird

Lady Nijo
18 Who is the fourth guest to arrive at Marlene's dinner party?
Isabella Bird

Lady Nijo

Griselda

Pope Joan
19 Which guest arrives late to Marlene's dinner party and goes unnoticed at first?
Marlene

Lady Nijo

Pope Joan

Griselda
20 Which ancient Greek philosopher’s doctrine of forms does Joan mention?
Empedocles

Aristotle

Plato

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

Bamboo

Silk

Cotton
22 How many children does Njio have?
0

4

2

6
23 Who is Nijo’s priest lover?
Ito

Ariake

Shinto

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

The Emperor

The High Priest

The Shogun
25 For how many years does Njio walk through Japan?
20

10

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