The American Dream Quizzes

The American Dream Quiz 1

1 Who wrote the play?
Jean Genet

Edward Albee

Samuel Beckett

Tracy Letts
2 When was the play first produced?
1968

1961

1952

1955
3 Which of the following is not an Edward Albee play?
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

The Zoo Story

Happy Days

The Goat, or Who is Sylvia?
4 Who is Edward Albee's work most similar to in this list?
William Shakespeare

Samuel Beckett

Suzan-Lori Parks

David Mamet
5 What is Edward Albee credited with Americanizing?
Naturalism

Theatre of the Absurd

Expressionism

Postmodernism
6 Who directed the first production?
Alan Schneider

Julie Taymor

Elia Kazan

Samuel Beckett
7 Who starts the play?
Mrs. Barker

The Young Man

Grandma

Mommy and Daddy
8 Where does the play take place?
A boarding school

Mommy and Daddy's apartment

Heaven

An adoption agency
9 Who is more dominant in Mommy and Daddy's marriage?
Daddy

They are both very easy-going

Mommy

They are both always trying to dominate the other
10 Who are Mommy and Daddy waiting for at the beginning of the play?
The Young Man

Grandma

The van people

It remains unclear
11 What doesn't need to get fixed in the apartment?
A leak in the ceiling

The icebox

The johnny

The doorbell
12 What does Mommy tell Daddy a story about in the first scene?
Buying a hat

Meeting with a retirement home

Lunch with a friend

Meeting Mrs. Barker
13 What color did Mommy think the hat was?
Yellow

Beige

Wheat

Cream
14 Who does Mommy run into after buying the hat?
The chair of the woman's club

A famous fashion designer

Mrs. Barker

Grandma
15 What color does the chair say the hat is?
Yellow

Orange

Off white

Wheat
16 What is Mommy's response to the chair's mis-coloring the hat?
She burned the hat

She ignored it and moved on

She went to the store and made a scene

She gave the chairman the hat
17 What is Grandma carrying when she enters?
A suitcase

Boxes

A baby

A beige hat
18 Where does Grandma put the boxes?
In a cupboard

On the dining table

On the kitchen counter

At Daddy's feet
19 What are the boxes for?
That's nobody's damn business

Christmas

Moving out

Hiding a baby
20 Why do old people go deaf, according to Grandma?
Because they have sinned in their life

Because they're listening to God

It's just the process of aging

They don't want to hear people speaking to them like they're old
21 Who do Mommy and Daddy threaten will take Grandma away?
The "van people"

The angels

The police

The adoption agency
22 Why didn't Mommy eat the lunches that Grandma packed for her?
Grandma forgot to pack her lunch

She didn't like Grandma's cooking

She was anorexic

They were wrapped so nicely she didn't want to break them
23 What does Grandma mock Mommy for?
Not being able to conceive her own child

Her beige hat

Having bad skin

Wanting to marry a rich man
24 "Old people don't like to talk; old people have ________________"
Bad eyes and bad ears

No taste for talking

Colitis and lavender perfume

Nothing to say
25 What did Grandma maybe want to be when she was young?
A singer

An actress

A senator

A lawyer

Themes of Edward Albee's play The American dream

Edward Albee’s play The American Dream delves into several thought-provoking themes, revealing the complexities of human existence and societal constructs. Let’s explore these themes: