Top Girls Quizzes

Top Girls Quiz 1

By B.C. Parris · Edited by A. Boghani · Last reviewed August 10, 2013

1 What company staged the first production of Top Girls?

London Women's Theater Group

Rich Theater Productions

Royal Theater Company

Bright Stage Company
2 In what city was Top Girls first performed?

Berlin

New York

London

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

Tony Blair

Ronald Reagan

Margaret Thatcher

John Major
4 Who is the central character of the play?

Joyce

Pope Joan

Marlene

Angie
5 Which character suffered from a spinal tumor?

Dull Gret

Lady Nijo

Isabella Bird

Pope Joan
6 Which character was a courtesan?

Dull Gret

Isabella Bird

Griselda

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

Lady Nijo

Isabella Bird

Dull Gret

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

Dull Gret

Pope Joan

Griselda

Isabella Bird
9 How many Acts are in Top Girls?

3

5

4

2
10 What is the setting of the first Act of Top Girls?

The Agency

Joyce's Kitchen

Joyce's Backyard

A dinner party at a London restaurant
11 What is Marlene’s career?

Manager at an employment agency

Lawyer at a London firm

Doctor at a Hospital

Director of a Theater
12 What kind of wine does Marlene order at the opening of the play?

Muscat

Pint Noir

Frascati

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

Pope Joan

Isabella Bird

Lady Nijo

Dull Gret
14 Who is Isabella Bird’s sister?

Ellie

Hennie

Fannie

Jennie
15 Who is the second guest to arrive at Marlene's dinner party?

Pope Joan

Lady Nijo

Dull Gret

Isabella Bird
16 Isabella says she once met the Emperor of what nation?

Morocco

Tunisia

Egypt

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

Griselda

Lady Nijo

Dull Gret

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

Lady Nijo

Pope Joan

Griselda

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

Marlene

Griselda

Lady Nijo

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

Heraclitus

Aristotle

Plato

Empedocles
21 What are Nijo’s robes made of?

Cotton

Felt

Bamboo

Silk
22 How many children does Njio have?

6

0

2

4
23 Who is Nijo’s priest lover?

Yuki

Ito

Ariake

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

The Empress

The Shogun

The Emperor

The High Priest
25 For how many years does Njio walk through Japan?

10

14

20

6

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