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Are you a Renthead? How much do you really know about my favorite musical?

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

Author
divaincantare

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
154,573

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
20

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
13 / 20

Plays
2786

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 20

1. At the beginning of "Rent", how long have Mark and Maureen been broken up? Hint

One year

Six months

Three months

One month

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Question 2 of 20

2. What did Maureen call Benny in her performance? Hint

A jerk

A bulldog

A cow

Stupid

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Question 3 of 20

3. What is the name of Benny's wife? Hint

Muffy

Evita

Pookie

Alison

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Question 4 of 20

4. Roger sold his song to buy a car.

True

False

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Question 5 of 20

5. ___ offered to pay for Mimi's rehab.

Answer: (One Word)

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Question 6 of 20

6. The narrator of "Rent" is ____.

Answer: (One Word)

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Question 7 of 20

7. On Valentine's Day, are Mimi and Roger still together?

Yes

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Question 8 of 20

8. Where is Mark when he phones Alexi to accept her job offer? Hint

Outside the church after Angel's funeral

Outside the Cat Scratch Club after Mimi's performance

Outside the church after Maureen's performance

On Avenue B with Mimi

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Question 9 of 20

9. Before it came to Broadway, "Rent" was at the _____.

Answer: (Four words, last word is Workshop)

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Question 10 of 20

10. How many of the main characters are known to have had AIDS? Hint

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Question 11 of 20

11. What is the location of the loft where Roger and Mark live? Hint

The corner of 11th Street and Avenue B

The corner of Lexington and 103rd Street

The corner of 42nd Street and Broadway

The corner of 10th Street and Avenue A

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Question 12 of 20

12. Who did Mark learn to tango from? Hint

Joanne

The French Ambassador's daughter

Miss Porter

Nanette Himmelfarb

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Question 13 of 20

13. What was the date of Angel's funeral? Hint

February 14th

October 31st

December 24th

March 15th

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Question 14 of 20

14. Who's the Calvin Klein model in Penthouse A?
Hint

Jan

Pam

Steve

Jill

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Question 15 of 20

15. What is the name of Alexi Darling's talk show?

Hint

Quizzline

Newzzine

Inquiring Minds

Buzzline

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Question 16 of 20

16. What college did Joanne graduate from?

Hint

Harvard

Stanford

New York University

Columbia

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Question 17 of 20

17. Where did Roger once perform? Hint

Cat Scratch Club and CBGB's

The Pyramid Club and the Cat Scratch Club

The Slit Club and the Pyramid Club

CBGB's and the Pyramid Club

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Question 18 of 20

18. Where are Christmas Bells ringing? Hint

Out of town, Life Cafe

Out of town, by the bay

Out of town, in LA

Out of town, Santa Fe

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Question 19 of 20

19. Those auditioning for "Rent" must sing one Broadway song and one rock song.

True

False

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Question 20 of 20

20. In April 1996, "Rent" opened at The __________ Theater.

Answer: (One word)

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. At the beginning of "Rent", how long have Mark and Maureen been broken up?

Answer: One month

"Last month I was dumped", says Mark.

2. What did Maureen call Benny in her performance?

Answer: A bulldog

"Then a little bulldog entered. His name (we have learned) was Benny."

3. What is the name of Benny's wife?

Answer: Alison

Roger: "Why did Muffy-"
Benny: "Alison"
Roger: "-Miss the show?"

4. Roger sold his song to buy a car.

Answer: False

Roger sold his guitar.

Mimi (to ROGER): "It's true you sold your *guitar* and bought a car?"
Roger: "It's true- I'm leaving now for Santa Fe..."

5. ___ offered to pay for Mimi's rehab.

Answer: Benny

MIMI: "Please don't touch me, understand I'm scared. I need to go away."
Mark: "I know a place a clinic-"
Benny: "A rehab?"
Mimi: "Maybe could you?"
Benny: "I'll pay."

6. The narrator of "Rent" is ____.

Answer: Mark

Mark: "We begin on Christmas Eve with me, Mark, and my roommate, Roger."

7. On Valentine's Day, are Mimi and Roger still together?

Answer: Yes

"Valentine's Day. Pan across the empty lot. Roger's down at Mimi's, where he's been for almost two months now."

8. Where is Mark when he phones Alexi to accept her job offer?

Answer: Outside the church after Angel's funeral

"How did we get here? How the hell - pan left - close on the steeple of the church."

9. Before it came to Broadway, "Rent" was at the _____.

Answer: New York Theatre Workshop

New York Theatre Workshop put on a reading of "Rent" in the spring of 1993.

10. How many of the main characters are known to have had AIDS?

Answer: 4

Roger, Mimi, Angel, Collins have AIDS. Mark, Joanne, Benny and Maureen do not.

11. What is the location of the loft where Roger and Mark live?

Answer: The corner of 11th Street and Avenue B

"We live in an industrial loft on the corner of 11th Street and Avenue B, the top floor of what was once a music publishing factory. Old rock 'n' roll posters hang on the walls."

12. Who did Mark learn to tango from?

Answer: Nanette Himmelfarb

Mark: "Where'd you learn to tango?"
Joanne: "With the French Ambassador's daughter in her dorm room at Miss Porter's And you?"
Mark: "With Nanette Himmelfarb. The Rabbi's daughter at the Scarsdale Jewish Community Center."

13. What was the date of Angel's funeral?

Answer: October 31st

Mimi: "Angel was one of my closest friends. It's right that it's Halloween, because it was her favorite holiday."

14. Who's the Calvin Klein model in Penthouse A?

Answer: Jill

"Jill, with the short black hair."

15. What is the name of Alexi Darling's talk show?

Answer: Buzzline

"Mark Cohen, Alexi Darling from 'Buzzline'."

16. What college did Joanne graduate from?

Answer: Harvard

Joanne: (playing with some wires) "'Line in'...I went to Harvard for this?"

17. Where did Roger once perform?

Answer: CBGB's and the Pyramid Club

"Old rock 'n' roll posters hang on the walls. They have Roger's picture advertising gigs at CBGB's and the Pyramid Club."

18. Where are Christmas Bells ringing?

Answer: Out of town, Santa Fe

"Christmas bells are ringing out of town...Santa Fe."

19. Those auditioning for "Rent" must sing one Broadway song and one rock song.

Answer: False

One telling point in the producers' efforts to keep the show tied to its rock roots is the stipulation in audition calls, "No Broadway songs!"

20. In April 1996, "Rent" opened at The __________ Theater.

Answer: Nederlander

"Rent" opened at Broadway's Nederlander Theatre on April 29, 1996.

Source: Author divaincantare

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