Long Day's Journey into Night
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by Eugene O'Neill

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. <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

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