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William Gibson won the Tony Award for Best Play for "The Miracle Worker" in 1959, and later was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for the 1962 film version.
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  William Gibson's "The Miracle Worker"    
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This quiz is on the play "The Miracle Worker" by William Gibson, based on the Helen Keller story.
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  Gibson's "Miracle Worker"   popular trivia quiz  
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A quiz for those who have read William Gibson's play, "The Miracle Worker".
Average, 10 Qns, shs05, Aug 30 19
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William Playwright Gibson Trivia Questions
1. What was Helen's aunt's name?

From Quiz Gibson's "Miracle Worker"

Answer: Ev

Aunt Ev had the best intentions in mind for Helen; however, she created problems for Annie when she began to intefere with Annie's methods of trying to get Helen to behave, especially at the dinner table.

2. Why didn't Captain Keller like Annie Sullivan at first?

From Quiz Gibson's "Miracle Worker"

Answer: She was young and had been blind once herself.

Annie Sullivan was just twenty when she began teaching Helen Keller. Annie was also an outspoken girl from the North, which rankled Captain Keller, a former Confederate officer.

3. Annie got locked in her room by Helen, but what did Helen do with the key?

From Quiz Gibson's "Miracle Worker"

Answer: She hid it in her mouth, then threw it down the well

Just when Annie thought she was making progress with Helen by giving her a doll and introducing her to the finger alphabet, she finds herself locked in her room by Helen. Annie was rescued by Captain Keller and a ladder, after receiving a bit of teasing from James.

4. The train stops, and you and the woman get off. You are in Alabama. The woman goes over to talk with a man and another woman. The man's name is _______.

From Quiz William Gibson's "The Miracle Worker"

Answer: James

His name is James Keller, Helen's half-brother. The woman, Katie Keller, is Helen's mother.

5. What did the doctor say was the cause of Helen going blind and deaf?

From Quiz Gibson's "Miracle Worker"

Answer: acute congestion of the stomach and brain

The doctor said Helen had acute congestion of the stomach and brain, but a more modern diagnosis would be that it was probably either meningitis or scarlet fever.

6. She seems surprised at the man's name. She explains that she used to have a _____ with the same name.

From Quiz William Gibson's "The Miracle Worker"

Answer: Brother

Annie's brother, James, died in an asylum for mental defectives.

7. Who said, "Imitate now, understand later."?

From Quiz Gibson's "Miracle Worker"

Answer: Annie

James watched Annie teach Helen the manual alphabet and made the comment she would imitate anything, but didn't understand what she was doing. Annie told him that she wanted Helen to learn how to imitate the alphabet, knowing Helen would undertand later.

8. What was wrong with Jimmy when he was put in the asylum?

From Quiz William Gibson's "The Miracle Worker"

Answer: Broken leg

Annie was blind at the time, but Jimmy only had a broken leg. They were put there as kids because their mother had died and their dad could not care for them.

9. What was the nationality of the director of the Perkin's Institute?

From Quiz Gibson's "Miracle Worker"

Answer: Greek

Mr. Anagnos was instrumental in having Annie become Helen's teacher. He knew Annie had to move on with her life, that she had outgrown Perkins, but also knew her options for work were limited.

10. What was the name of Helen's baby sister?

From Quiz Gibson's "Miracle Worker"

Answer: Mildred

Mildred was the baby sister of James and Helen, and according to Viney, she never created any problems. This was probably a great relief to the family after all the turmoil Helen created.

11. Uh-oh! Helen has just locked Annie in her room upstairs! Who will bring her down with a ladder?

From Quiz William Gibson's "The Miracle Worker"

Answer: Captain Keller

He is practically carrying her down.

12. Annie's first major accomplishment was getting Helen to behave at the dinner table. Even though it took much struggling, and most of the morning, what three accomplishments did Annie have Helen do?

From Quiz Gibson's "Miracle Worker"

Answer: eat from her own plate, use a spoon, and fold her napkin

Helen was allowed to walk around the table and eat from everyone's plate with her bare hands. This was the first thing Annie was determined to change. The scene is quite dramatic and physical, but Annie did succeed, and Helen not only ate from her own plate, she folded her napkin as well.

13. A few days later, Annie takes Helen out to the garden house in the yard. Who else is there with them?

From Quiz William Gibson's "The Miracle Worker"

Answer: Percy

Percy is there to run errands. Annie wants two weeks alone with Helen to teach her things.

14. Why did Annie move into the cottage with Helen?

From Quiz Gibson's "Miracle Worker"

Answer: she wanted Helen to totally rely on her

Annie could see that Helen would continue to resist her if she could always run to her family. After some arguing with the Captain, Annie was able to persuade him to let her work with Helen alone in the cottage. She had hoped for a month, but only got two weeks.

15. Two weeks later, Helen says her first words. What does she say?

From Quiz William Gibson's "The Miracle Worker"

Answer: Wa. Wa.

She was trying to refill a water pitcher, when she realizes that water has a name. She says "Wa Wa" but means water.

16. What was the "miracle" word that Helen said at the water pump?

From Quiz Gibson's "Miracle Worker"

Answer: water

Before Helen lost her sight and hearing she was beginning to talk. One of the words was "water." When Helen felt the water running over her hands she suddenly made the connection between the sensation and the actual word.

17. Who played Helen in the 1962 movie version of this story?

From Quiz William Gibson's "The Miracle Worker"

Answer: Patty Duke

Anne Bancroft played Annie Sullivan, Inga Swenson played Katie Keller and Dale Helen Bethea played Martha.

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