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Play Quotations Trivia Quiz

How well do you know your plays? I give a line or two, you indicate who speaks it.

A multiple-choice quiz by kelby_lake. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
kelby_lake

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
292,321

Updated
Jul 23 22

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
5 / 10

Plays
444

Last 3 plays: Guest 1 (4/10), Guest 208 (0/10), jmel2 (4/10).

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Question 1 of 10

1. 'Karl Marx should be a set book for the Sixth!' Hint

Willy Loman in 'Death of A Salesman'

Darrell in 'Sixth Form at Mallory Towers'

Tommy Judd in 'Another Country'

Harry Potter in 'Harry Potter and The Half-Blood Prince'

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Question 2 of 10

2. 'What can you do but grab at life with both hands until your fingers are broken?' Hint

Hamm in 'Endgame'

Titus Andronicus in 'Titus Andronicus'

Lady Torrance in 'Orpheus Descending'

Carol Cutrere in 'Orpheus Descending'

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Question 3 of 10

3. 'O'er the half-world nature grows weary.' Hint

Macbeth in 'Macbeth'

Titania in 'A Midsummer Night's Dream'

Iago in 'Othello'

Oberon in 'A Midsummer Night's Dream'

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Question 4 of 10

4. 'Justice is very important here.' Hint

Alfieri in 'A View From The Bridge'

Eddie in 'Blood Brothers'

Romeo in 'Romeo and Juliet'

Meg in 'The Birthday Party'

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Question 5 of 10

5. 'Living with somebody you love can be lonelier than living entirely alone when the one you love doesn't love you.' Hint

Stella in 'A Streetcar Named Desire'

Maggie in 'Cat on a Hot Tin Roof'

Juliet in 'Romeo and Juliet'

Inez in 'In Camera'

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Question 6 of 10

6. 'They might have left me my toothbrush!' Hint

Ophelia in 'Hamlet'

Garcin in 'Huis Clos'

Duncan in 'Macbeth'

Charles Bruno in 'Strangers On A Train'

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Question 7 of 10

7. 'If you can't bear the thought of messing up your nice, tidy soul, you better give up the whole idea of life and become a saint, because you'll never make it as a human being.' Hint

Jimmy in 'Look Back in Anger'

Iago in 'Othello'

Alfieri in 'A View From The Bridge'

Elvira in 'Blithe Spirit'

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Question 8 of 10

8. 'How does one drowning man help another drowning man?' Hint

Inspector Goole in 'An Inspector Calls'

Sylvia in 'East'

Agamemmnon in 'Agamemmnon'

Brick in 'Cat On A Hot Tin Roof'

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Question 9 of 10

9. 'We are members of one body. We are responsible for each other.' Hint

Tallulah in 'Bugsy Malone'

Miss Brodie in 'The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie'

Peter in 'The Cocktail Party'

Inspector Goole in 'An Inspector Calls'

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Question 10 of 10

10. 'The Devil is precise; the marks of his presence are definite as stone.' Hint

Reverend Hale in 'The Crucible'

Charles Condomine in 'Blithe Spirit'

Estelle in 'In Camera'

Eve in 'The Seventh Commandment'

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. 'Karl Marx should be a set book for the Sixth!'

Answer: Tommy Judd in 'Another Country'

Judd was the communist schoolboy in 'Another Country' by Julien Mitchell, set in a boys' boarding school in the 1930s. A film adaption was made which had Colin Firth playing Judd.

2. 'What can you do but grab at life with both hands until your fingers are broken?'

Answer: Carol Cutrere in 'Orpheus Descending'

'Orpheus Descending', one of Tennessee Williams' less successful works, was made into a film in 1960 called 'The Fugitive Kind' - the name of the earlier draft of the play.

3. 'O'er the half-world nature grows weary.'

Answer: Macbeth in 'Macbeth'

Well, it was guessably Shakespeare. This is part of Macbeth's soliloquy starting with the famous line: 'Is this a dagger which I see before me?'

4. 'Justice is very important here.'

Answer: Alfieri in 'A View From The Bridge'

Justice is one of the main themes in Arthur Miller's brilliant play. Alfieri's view of justice is the law and unfortunately some of the other characters disagree, which ultimately results in disaster.

5. 'Living with somebody you love can be lonelier than living entirely alone when the one you love doesn't love you.'

Answer: Maggie in 'Cat on a Hot Tin Roof'

This fabulous play by Tennessee Williams was bowdlerised in the 1958 movie because of all the references to Brick's homosexuality. The film is still very enjoyable though, and those who watch the film before watching/reading the play will notice a big difference.

6. 'They might have left me my toothbrush!'

Answer: Garcin in 'Huis Clos'

All the people in the options die, but Garcin is already dead at the start of the play. This complaint is made when he enters Hell. At the end of the play he concludes: 'Hell is other people'. For those confused, the play is known by five different titles: 'Huis Clos', 'In Camera', 'No Exit', 'No Way Out' and 'Dead End'.

7. 'If you can't bear the thought of messing up your nice, tidy soul, you better give up the whole idea of life and become a saint, because you'll never make it as a human being.'

Answer: Jimmy in 'Look Back in Anger'

Very good play, written by John Osborne. Jimmy is a misogynistic ranting man who wants to escape his working-class prison.

8. 'How does one drowning man help another drowning man?'

Answer: Brick in 'Cat On A Hot Tin Roof'

Poor Brick. His friend, who he loved, died of alcoholism and then Brick becomes an alcoholic too. Tennessee Williams wrote this fabulous play.

9. 'We are members of one body. We are responsible for each other.'

Answer: Inspector Goole in 'An Inspector Calls'

Play by J.B Priestly, often studied for GCSE (a school exam taken by 14-15 year olds in England)

10. 'The Devil is precise; the marks of his presence are definite as stone.'

Answer: Reverend Hale in 'The Crucible'

"The Crucible" is a play by Arthur Miller, set in Salem in the 1600s. The play is about witchcraft and there is a famous part where Abigail and her friends claim seeing a long list of the town's women at their ritual: 'I saw Goody Good with the Devil! I saw Goody Osburn with Devil! I saw Goody Bishop with the Devil!...'

Source: Author kelby_lake

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