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Known as the playwright who brought Theatre of the Absurd to the American stage, Edward Albee won a swag of prestigious awards for his plays, starting with 'The Zoo Story' (1959) and including 'Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?' (1962), possibly his most widely known work due to the 1966 movie adaptation.
2 Edward Albee quizzes and 20 Edward Albee trivia questions.
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  Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf?    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
One of the most successful plays in the post-Second World War American theatre was definitely Edward Albee's "Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf". The Burton-Taylor film version still added to that success. How well do you remember the plot?
Average, 10 Qns, flem-ish, Jun 20 20
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flem-ish
Jun 20 20
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  Who is Sylvia?    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
This quiz, about the play "Who is Sylvia?", is an introduction to one of the most interesting plays of Albee's canon.
Average, 10 Qns, Monkman, Jun 20 20
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Monkman gold member
Jun 20 20
214 plays
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Edward Albee Trivia Questions
1. In Edward Albee's play "Who is Sylvia?", who played the two leads, Martin and Stevie?

From Quiz Who is Sylvia?

Answer: Bill Pullman and Mercedes Ruehl

Albee has long been thought of as one of our greatest playwrights is best known for "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf." Bill Pullman may be best known for the movie "Independance Day." Mercedes Rhuel won a best actress Tony for her performance in "Lost in Yonkers."

2. What is the real song-line on which Albee's "Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf?" is inspired?

From Quiz Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf?

Answer: Who's afraid of the big bad wolf?

However formidable an opponent General James Wolfe(1727-1759) may have been to the French at Quebec, he does not occur as a bogeyman in nursery rhymes or in a children's song. "Who's afraid of the big bad wolf" is from a Walt Disney animated-cartoon version of "The Three Little Pigs". By the way, General Wolf has his statue on top of the same hill as the "Old Greenwich Royal Observatory" in London.

3. What word completes the full title of the play; "The *BLANK* or Who is Sylvia?"

From Quiz Who is Sylvia?

Answer: Goat

In the play, the middle age man falls in love with a goat, different to say the least. Albee is maybe saying to the reader that we should be more accepting of people's foibles.

4. What's George's job at the University of New Carthage?

From Quiz Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf?

Answer: History Lecturer

Martha's Dad is the Head of the Board of Directors. George has been "encouraged" to make an administrative career in the same way as his father-in-law, but he is too sceptical about himself, his marriage, and life in general ever to be able to make a real effort.

5. In "Who Is Afraid Of Virginia Woolf" Nick is a __________.

From Quiz Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf?

Answer: biologist

For contrast and balance, Albee opposes an alpha-scholar to a beta-scientist. Nick and Honey as a couple are also more matter-of-fact than George and Martha, who are hiding in a complicated maze of games in which they finally lose direction.

6. The name of the play is taken from Shakespeare's song from which play?

From Quiz Who is Sylvia?

Answer: The Two Gentlemen of Verona

In Shakespeare's song, Sylvia is written as Silvia. Quoting from Shakespeare's song "... All the swains commend her and she is holy, fair and wise."

7. What year did Albee's "Who is Slyvia?" debut on Broadway?

From Quiz Who is Sylvia?

Answer: 2002

Other nominees were "Fortune's Fool"; "Metamorphoses" and "Topdog/Underdog."

8. Nick is interested in Martha because he ____________________.

From Quiz Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf?

Answer: sees her as a stepping-stone in his career

Nick had married Honey because he was under the impression that he had gotten her pregnant. Martha does not interest him too much as a woman, but she might be useful to him as "the daughter of the boss". All the singing Martha does is her version of "who's afraid of the big bad wolf?"

9. What actress was nominated for Best Actress from "Who is Sylvia?"

From Quiz Who is Sylvia?

Answer: Merecedes Ruehl

Lindsay Duncan won for "Private Lives"; a revival of the Noel Coward play.

10. Honey is rather unhappy in her marriage and one of the reasons is that: ________________________.

From Quiz Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf?

Answer: she has broken of several pregnancies without telling Nick

What went wrong in Nick's and Honey's marriage is very obvious: there was not any love right from the start. Honey, not having the consolation of a baby, puts her into a similar position as Martha. She, too, tries to cover up her secret, but without the fantasy-world of the more literary couple George and Martha. In George and Martha's situation there seems to have been some mutual love initially. What brought down their marriage remains open for interpretation. Frustration on both sides?

11. One of the ways in which George and Martha try to escape boredom is by organising "Fun And Games" with their guests. What is the "fun" they enjoy most?

From Quiz Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf?

Answer: humiliating each other

The first stage in their "Fun And Games" is "Humiliating The Host". The second stage is "Get the Guests".

12. What Broadway theatre showcased the Edward Albee play?

From Quiz Who is Sylvia?

Answer: John Golden Theatre

It was named for the producer John Golden in 1937 and opened as Theatre Masque in 1927.

13. George now invites Martha to tell about their son. He takes his ultimate revenge by suddenly reminding her of the fact that _________________.

From Quiz Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf?

Answer: they have no son and never had one

In spite of their continuous bickering, George and Martha had tried to compromise somehow with each other. Privately, George let his wife tell him stories about their non-existent son. But the rule was she never was to do so with other people present. He now traps her into breaking that rule, and punishes her by announcing that their son has been killed in an accident. This is his indirect way of reminding her of the non-existence of such a son and also implies a message that "games of self-consolation" are over.

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