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Long Day's Journey Into Night Quiz 1

  • 1. Eugene O'Neill was born the child of
    •     investment bankers
    •     wealthy London socialites
    •     an actor
    •     circus folk

  • 2. While in his twenties, O'Neill had to be treated for
    •     consumption
    •     herpes
    •     hepatitis
    •     syphilis

  • 3. In 1916, O'Neill chanced on a career-starting bit of luck when he met the founders of
    •     the Provincetown players
    •     Seattle
    •     the Eugene O'Neill players
    •     MGM

  • 4. Eugene O'Neill is considered to be
    •     the first great American playwright
    •     the last great American playwright
    •     the greatest American playwright of the 19th century
    •     the greatest British playwright of this century

  • 5. Long Day's Journey into Night could best be described as
    •     an experiment in extreme realism
    •     an experiment in surrealist theatre
    •     a short play
    •     a deeply autobiographical work

  • 6. Eugene O'Neill's mother was
    •     a prostitute
    •     an actress
    •     a morphine addict
    •     an alcoholic

  • 7. Eugene's older brother was
    •     a great writer
    •     a great poet
    •     a drunken whoremonger
    •     a great actor

  • 8. Eugene gave the play to his wife Carlotta on the occasion of
    •     their 12th wedding anniversary
    •     their first child's birth
    •     his retirement
    •     his death

  • 9. Eugene O'Neill was the only American playwright to win
    •     the Nobel prize
    •     the Pulitzer prize
    •     the Van Deeken prize
    •     both the Pulitzer prize and the Nobel prize

  • 10. Long Day's Journey into Night was performed
    •     1916, before O'Neill was well known
    •     in 1920, at the start of O'Neill's ascent to fame
    •     in 1953, in the last year of O'Neill's life
    •     in 1956, three years after O'Neill's death

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