Waiting for Lefty Study Guide

1. What was the name of the repertory company Odets was a member of in the 1930s?

• The Group Theatre
• The Reds
• The Methodists
• The Left-Wingers

2. What political party did Odets join in 1934?

• The Democratic Party
• The Replubican Party
• American Communist Party
• Dramatists for Socialism

3. What directly inspired the plot for "Waiting for Lefty"?

• A baseball players' strike in 1933
• A steel workers' strike in 1933
• A blacksmiths' strike in 1932
• A taxi drivers' strike in 1934

4. Who was President of the U.S. at the time "Waiting for Lefty" was written?

• Franklin Delano Roosevelt
• Herbet Hoover
• Bob Dole
• Woodrow Wilson

5. What was the name of the period of poverty in the U.S. following the stock market crash of 1929?

• The Lean Years
• Hard Times
• The Great Depression
• The Repression

6. What is the religion of the doctor who is fired from the hospital?

• Christianity
• Atheism
• Judaism
• Hinduism

7. What does Edna threaten to do to Joe?

• Kill him
• Kiss him
• Divorce him
• Leave him for an ex-boyfriend

8. For whom does Edna say Joe is working?

• Himself
• His kids
• His company
• No one

9. What does Fayette ask Miller to create in his laboratory?

• An atomic bomb
• Poisonous gas
• Anthrax
• Sleeping pills

10. What additional task does Fayette ask of Miller?

• To destroy the evidence
• To give him some free samples
• To spy on another chemist
• To murder another chemist