The American Dream Quizzes

The American Dream Quiz 1

1 Who wrote the play?
Tracy Letts

Edward Albee

Jean Genet

Samuel Beckett
2 When was the play first produced?
1961

1952

1955

1968
3 Which of the following is not an Edward Albee play?
The Zoo Story

Happy Days

The Goat, or Who is Sylvia?

Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
4 Who is Edward Albee's work most similar to in this list?
David Mamet

William Shakespeare

Suzan-Lori Parks

Samuel Beckett
5 What is Edward Albee credited with Americanizing?
Theatre of the Absurd

Expressionism

Postmodernism

Naturalism
6 Who directed the first production?
Samuel Beckett

Julie Taymor

Elia Kazan

Alan Schneider
7 Who starts the play?
Mrs. Barker

The Young Man

Mommy and Daddy

Grandma
8 Where does the play take place?
An adoption agency

A boarding school

Heaven

Mommy and Daddy's apartment
9 Who is more dominant in Mommy and Daddy's marriage?
They are both very easy-going

Mommy

They are both always trying to dominate the other

Daddy
10 Who are Mommy and Daddy waiting for at the beginning of the play?
The van people

Grandma

It remains unclear

The Young Man
11 What doesn't need to get fixed in the apartment?
The johnny

A leak in the ceiling

The doorbell

The icebox
12 What does Mommy tell Daddy a story about in the first scene?
Meeting Mrs. Barker

Buying a hat

Meeting with a retirement home

Lunch with a friend
13 What color did Mommy think the hat was?
Beige

Yellow

Wheat

Cream
14 Who does Mommy run into after buying the hat?
A famous fashion designer

The chair of the woman's club

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 went to the store and made a scene

She ignored it and moved on

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

A beige hat

Boxes

A suitcase
18 Where does Grandma put the boxes?
On the kitchen counter

On the dining table

In a cupboard

At Daddy's feet
19 What are the boxes for?
Moving out

That's nobody's damn business

Hiding a baby

Christmas
20 Why do old people go deaf, according to Grandma?
They don't want to hear people speaking to them like they're old

It's just the process of aging

Because they have sinned in their life

Because they're listening to God
21 Who do Mommy and Daddy threaten will take Grandma away?
The "van people"

The police

The angels

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

They were wrapped so nicely she didn't want to break them

She didn't like Grandma's cooking

She was anorexic
23 What does Grandma mock Mommy for?
Not being able to conceive her own child

Having bad skin

Wanting to marry a rich man

Her beige hat
24 "Old people don't like to talk; old people have ________________"
No taste for talking

Bad eyes and bad ears

Nothing to say

Colitis and lavender perfume
25 What did Grandma maybe want to be when she was young?
A lawyer

An actress

A singer

A senator

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: