The Zoo Story Quizzes

The Zoo Story Quiz 1

1 How many daughters does Peter have?
two

three

four

one
2 What kind of birds does Peter keep as pets?
falcons

canaries

parakeets

cockatiels
3 In which city does The Zoo Story take place?
Boston

Chicago

San Francisco

New York
4 Which of these best describes the play's setting?
a cafe

an apartment

a park

a busy city street
5 Which character is younger?
They are the same age.

Jerry

Albee doesn't specify.

Peter
6 On what day does the play take place?
Sunday

Thursday

Tuesday

Saturday
7 What is Peter reading at the beginning of the play?
a script

a book

a newspaper

a letter
8 Which direction is Jerry traveling at the start of the play?
West

South

North

East
9 What kind of cancer does Jerry believe Peter will get?
mouth

skin

brain

lung
10 Why does Jerry think Peter will get cancer?
Peter has been sitting out in the sun for hours.

Peter does not eat well.

Peter is smoking a pipe.

Peter spends most of his time indoors.
11 What magazine does Peter say he reads?
The New Yorker

Ploughshares

Life

TIME
12 What word does Peter use and Jerry then notice?
prosthesis

je-ne-sais-quoi

whom

aesthetically
13 What does Jerry bet Peter has?
a dishwasher

a coffee maker

a car

a TV
14 Fill in the blank: According to Peter, "naturally, every man wants a ______."
job

son

wife

television
15 Peter becomes offended when Jerry insinuates something about his personal life. What did Jerry imply?
that Peter is having an affair

that Peter is unsatisfied with his job

that Peter cannot have more children

that Peter does not love his daughters
16 What industry does Peter work in?
banking

advertising

hospitality

publishing
17 What is Peter's annual salary?
$50,000

$100,000

$35,000

$200,000
18 Where does Peter assume Jerry lives?
Brooklyn

Greenwich Village

Queens

Harlem
19 Where does Jerry actually live?
the Bowery

Midtown

the Upper West Side

the Upper East Side
20 What does Jerry's African-American neighbor spend most of his time doing?
planning his outfits

clipping his nails

hosting parties

plucking his eyebrows
21 What nationality is the large family that lives next to Jerry?
Puerto Rican

Norwegian

Senegalese

Italian
22 Why does Jerry live in such an unpleasant apartment?
He has lived there his whole life and is afraid to leave.

He is in love with his neighbor.

He is too poor to live elsewhere.

He is attached to it because his mother lived there.
23 What does Jerry keep in his strongbox?
marijuana

gold

rocks

cash
24 How old was Jerry when his mother left him?
8

10

15

12
25 Where did Jerry's mother die?
New Jersey

Alabama

California

New York City

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The Zoo Story

by Edward Albee

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