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Identify American Plays Trivia Quiz

I'll give you the names of several characters from well-known American plays. Name the play.

A multiple-choice quiz by Phoenix3000. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
Phoenix3000

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
49,123

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
6 / 10

Plays
656

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 10

1. Larry Slade, Harry Hope, Don Parritt? Hint

'Long Day's Journey Into Night'

'American Buffalo'

'Biloxi Blues'

'The Iceman Cometh'

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Question 2 of 10

2. Dale Harding, Charlie Cheswick, Frank Scanlon? Hint

'True West'

'Speed-the-Plow'

'One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest'

'Fences'

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Question 3 of 10

3. Lenny Ganz, Ken Gorman, Cassie Cooper? Hint

'Rumors'

'Barefoot in the Park'

'The Odd Couple'

'The Dinner Party'

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Question 4 of 10

4. Biff, Happy, and Willy Loman? Hint

'View From the Bridge'

'Death of a Salesman'

'The Crucible'

'After the Fall'

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Question 5 of 10

5. Matthew Brady, E.K. Hornbeck, Bert Cates? Hint

'The Real Thing'

'Glengary Glen Ross'

'Inherit the Wind'

'Betrayal'

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Question 6 of 10

6. Big Daddy, Maggie the Cat, Brick? Hint

'The Glass Menagerie'

'Night of the Iguana'

'Streetcar Named Desire'

'Cat on a Hot Tin Roof'

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Question 7 of 10

7. Troy, Cory, and Rose Maxson? Hint

'Joe Turner's Come and Gone'

'Fences'

'The Piano Lesson'

'King Hedley II'

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Question 8 of 10

8. Mr. Zuss, Nickles, Sarah? Hint

'The Birthday Party'

'J.B.'

'View From the Bridge'

'The Real Thing'

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Question 9 of 10

9. Babe, Meg, and Lenny MacGrath? Hint

'Brighton Beach Memoirs'

'How I Learned to Drive'

'Crimes of the Heart'

'Driving Miss Daisy'

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Question 10 of 10

10. Willie Oban, Joe Mott, Jimmy Tomorrow? Hint

'The Iceman Cometh'

'Ma Rainey's Black Bottom'

'Death of a Salesman'

'The American Clock'

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Larry Slade, Harry Hope, Don Parritt?

Answer: 'The Iceman Cometh'

Great marathon Eugen O'Neill play.

2. Dale Harding, Charlie Cheswick, Frank Scanlon?

Answer: 'One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest'

3. Lenny Ganz, Ken Gorman, Cassie Cooper?

Answer: 'Rumors'

All Neil Simon shows.

4. Biff, Happy, and Willy Loman?

Answer: 'Death of a Salesman'

An easy one (I hope) to pick out among the Miller classics.

5. Matthew Brady, E.K. Hornbeck, Bert Cates?

Answer: 'Inherit the Wind'

6. Big Daddy, Maggie the Cat, Brick?

Answer: 'Cat on a Hot Tin Roof'

Again, hopefully easy to pick out one among the Williams plays.

7. Troy, Cory, and Rose Maxson?

Answer: 'Fences'

Picking one out of the August Wilson plays.

8. Mr. Zuss, Nickles, Sarah?

Answer: 'J.B.'

Odd little piece in verse, by Archibald MacLeish.

9. Babe, Meg, and Lenny MacGrath?

Answer: 'Crimes of the Heart'

Beth Henley's first play.

10. Willie Oban, Joe Mott, Jimmy Tomorrow?

Answer: 'The Iceman Cometh'

Yep, the same as number 1. The show has a lot of memorable characters, I hope not to many people got tricked on that one.

Source: Author Phoenix3000

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