Long Day's Journey Into Night Study Guide

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. <i>Long Day's Journey into Night</i> 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. <i>Long Day's Journey into Night</i> 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