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Long Day's Journey Into Night Trivia Quiz

Eugene O'Neill wrote one of the greatest American plays. Take this quiz on test your knowledge of his most famous work, "Long Day's Journey Into Night."

A multiple-choice quiz by captainthought. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
captainthought

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
224,198

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
7 / 10

Plays
705

Last 3 plays: Guest 121 (4/10), Guest 110 (1/10), Guest 75 (10/10).

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Question 1 of 10

1. The mother in this play has a bit of a drug problem; which of the following is NOT an excuse she uses for needing the drugs? Hint

Her hands pain her so

Her husband's unemployment has her feeling blue

The birth of her youngest son, Edmund, was too difficult

Quack doctors got her hooked on dope to keep her coming back to them

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Question 2 of 10

2. What word does Tyrone call his younger son, Edmund, again and again in the play? Hint

cynical

cock-eyed

morbid

competitive

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Question 3 of 10

3. What is Edmund actually dying of? Hint

Nothing. Turns out it really is just a bad summer cold

Epilepsy

Overexposure to Swinburne ("Poelepsy Melancholius")

Consumption

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Question 4 of 10

4. In spite of their myriad problems, Tyrone was always faithful to his wife.

True

False

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Question 5 of 10

5. Suppose you could step into this play, and you wanted to anger Tyrone, what could you do? Hint

Insinuate that Shakespeare was actually Irish-Catholic

Tell him he's a cunning real estate investor

Bring up his acting career.

Turn on every light in the house

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Question 6 of 10

6. Jamie, the elder brother, is accused of being all of the following things EXCEPT what? Hint

Always being broke

Seeing the worst in everyone

Being too naive

Being responsible for Edmund's bad health

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Question 7 of 10

7. To whom did O'Neill dedicate this work? Hint

His dead brother

Carlotta, his wife

His mother

To those who are also haunted by ghosts

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Question 8 of 10

8. Eugene O'Neill's real father was an actor and his real mother was a drug addict.

True

False

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Question 9 of 10

9. What happens in the final scene of the play? Hint

Tyrone tells his sons that tomorrow is a new day, and the future may have great things in store for everyone who believes

Mary confesses her need for morphine, and agrees to try to quit again

Mary comes dowstairs with her wedding dress and thinks she's going to become a nun

Mary runs out of the house in her wedding gown, and tries to drown herself

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Question 10 of 10

10. Eugene O'Neill considered turning this play into a musical called "Mad Ghosts."

True

False

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Most Recent Scores

Dec 06 2024 : Guest 121: 4/10
Dec 05 2024 : Guest 110: 1/10
Nov 29 2024 : Guest 75: 10/10
Nov 28 2024 : Guest 174: 7/10
Nov 28 2024 : Guest 70: 9/10
Nov 28 2024 : Guest 72: 9/10
Nov 26 2024 : Guest 75: 7/10
Nov 14 2024 : Guest 98: 6/10
Oct 30 2024 : Guest 118: 2/10

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. The mother in this play has a bit of a drug problem; which of the following is NOT an excuse she uses for needing the drugs?

Answer: Her husband's unemployment has her feeling blue

She offers a wide spectrum of reasons why she must take her medicine; her son's impending death, her lack of friends, her carousing husband who made her live out of hotels all her life, her regrets about leaving the convent, her father's death, the stupid maid...

2. What word does Tyrone call his younger son, Edmund, again and again in the play?

Answer: morbid

Edmund's poetry is considered morbid by his father; as well as his list of "athiests, fools, and madmen" that Edmund admires; Voltaire, Schopenhauer, Nietzsche, Swinburne, etc.

3. What is Edmund actually dying of?

Answer: Consumption

But if it wasn't consumption, just being an alcoholic, having a stingy drunk for a dad, a "dope fiend" for a mom, a whore-mongering brother by his side, and a library of bad poetry is bound to get him in the end.

4. In spite of their myriad problems, Tyrone was always faithful to his wife.

Answer: false

He got into a huge embarrassing scandal with a mistress some years back.

5. Suppose you could step into this play, and you wanted to anger Tyrone, what could you do?

Answer: Turn on every light in the house

Tyrone's fear of ending up in the poorhouse, keeps him from using an extra electricity than necessary. The same fear that has him skimp on health care for his family, or for buying a proper home for his wife.

6. Jamie, the elder brother, is accused of being all of the following things EXCEPT what?

Answer: Being too naive

Every conversation in this family is an exchange of accusations, and no one seems blameless. Eugene O'Neill wrote, in a way, to forgive everyone in his own family.

7. To whom did O'Neill dedicate this work?

Answer: Carlotta, his wife

He gave her "this work of old sorrow, written in tears and blood" on July 22, 1941.

8. Eugene O'Neill's real father was an actor and his real mother was a drug addict.

Answer: True

Eugene O'Neill spent most of his childhood in hotel rooms and backstage in theatres.

9. What happens in the final scene of the play?

Answer: Mary comes dowstairs with her wedding dress and thinks she's going to become a nun

She's irrevocably obliviated by the end of the play and not a scrap of hope remains for anyone in the family.

10. Eugene O'Neill considered turning this play into a musical called "Mad Ghosts."

Answer: False

Though "Long Day's Journey Into Night" has been considered for opera, the musicals "New Girl in Town" and "Take Me Along" were both musicals based on O'Neill's work, and that's as close as we can come to humming along.

Source: Author captainthought

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