Translations Quizzes

Translations Quiz 1

1 Who wrote the play?
Sarah Ruhl

Martin McDonagh

John Patrick Shanley

Brian Friel
2 When was the play written?
1987

1990

1985

1980
3 In which country does the play take place?
England

America

Scotland

Ireland
4 What is the name of the village in which the play takes place?
Derry

Dublin

New Dunfry

Baile Beag
5 What year was Brian Friel born?
1937

1927

1929

1930
6 In what month does the play take place?
March

October

August

May
7 In what year does the play take place?
1833

1837

1843

1855
8 Which of the following is a Brian Friel play?
Proof

The Beauty Queen of Leenane

The Pillowman

Dancing at Lughnasa
9 Where does the play take place?
At a hedge-school

At a church

On a boat

In a field
10 Who is Hugh's older son?
Manus

Owen

Yolland

Doalty
11 Who is Manus teaching at the beginning of the play?
Doalty

Sarah

Bridget

Jimmy
12 What is he teaching Sarah?
How to translate Latin

How to speak

How to speak English

Basic math
13 What is Jimmy's nickname?
Virgil's Drunk Cousin

The Infant Prodigy

The Oldest Man in Baile Beag

The Drunken Scholar
14 What is Jimmy reading in the first scene?
Homer

Sappho

Catullus

Virgil
15 How old is Jimmy?
In his 60s

In his 30s

In his 40s

In his 50s
16 What passage from Homer does Jimmy read to Manus?
Circe

Ulysses and the Cyclops

The moment where Athene turns Ulysses into an old man

The journey to the Underworld
17 Which woman from mythology does Jimmy not ask Manus to choose between?
Athene

Helen of Troy

Artemis

Aphrodite
18 Who would Jimmy choose?
Helen of Troy

Athene

Artemis

Aphrodite
19 What does Sarah get out from under a patch of straw?
A fiddle

Flowers

A book

A necklace
20 Who does Manus love?
Bridget

Jean

Mary

Maire
21 What is the one English word Jimmy knows?
Breast

Always

Bosom

Love
22 Who are the other students at the hedge-school?
Bernie and Mary

Siobhan and Liam

Doalty and Bridget

Bridget and Max
23 What prank has Doalty been playing on the English soldiers?
Stealing their beer

Moving their surveyor poles

Collapsing their tents in the middle of the night

Stealing their maps
24 Whose baby was christened that morning?
Maire

Sarah

Bridget

Nellie Ruadh
25 What does Jimmy suggest they grow instead of potatoes?
Asparagus

Tomatoes

Corn

Lettuce

Can you quote the line please?

Asked by Des O #1245280

Answered by Aslan on 6/30/2022 3:47 PM

This really depends on what you are analysing. You can check out analysis of themes, symbols and the play itself at the home page for this selection:

https://www.gradesaver.com/translations

Asked by Kirsty H #1205020

Answered by Aslan on 1/12/2022 3:01 AM

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Examine the power of language and power in Friel’s translations?

As the title indicates, the overriding themes of Brian Friel’s Translations are all related to the power of language and the power that comes with controlling language. The play follows the British effort to completely reconstitute the native...

Asked by Kirsty H #1205020

Answered by jill d #170087 on 1/10/2022 4:38 PM

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Translations

by Brian Friel

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