Journey’s End Quizzes

Journey's End Quiz 1

1 Who narrates Journey's End?

An unnamed third-person narrator

An unnamed first-person narrator

There is no narrator

Stanhope
2 Who wrote Journey's End?

Coward McCann

R.C. Sherriff

Evelyn Roberts

Stanhope
3 What year was the play written?

1950

1929

1918

1928
4 What year is the play set?

1919

1928

1929

1918
5 Before what battle is the play set?

The Somme

Vimy Ridge

Flanders Fields

Saint Quentin
6 What nationality are the soldiers in the play?

American

French

British

German
7 What conflict is the play depicting?

World War II

World War I

It is never specified

The American Civil War
8 What month is the play set in?

May

April

December

March
9 How many days pass in the course of the play?

Seventeen

Four

Three

Six
10 On which day of the week does the play begin?

Tuesday

It isn't specified

Thursday

Monday
11 Why are the play's dates significant?

The dates are never mentioned

They aren't

The play offers an alternate history in which the Axis powers win

They depict the lead-up to a real battle
12 Where is the action of the play set?

A lead bomb shelter

An officers' dugout

War HQ

No Man's Land
13 How many acts is the play divided into?

Three

One

Two

Four
14 How many total scenes are in the play?

Ten

Six

One

Seven
15 How is the time of day established for the audience?

The time is announced through the loudspeaker

The amount of daylight seen through the entrance to the dugout

They have to guess

A large clock on the wall
16 Who is the first character on stage?

Eleanor

Stanhope

Mason

Hardy
17 What does the image of Hardy drying his sock establish?

He spilled his drink

He has sweaty feet

Nothing

Trenches are damp and flooded
18 What is the principal thing Osborne and Hardy discussing?

Osborne's platoon taking over the trench for a six-day shift

Disagreements about how to win the war

The weather

None of these
19 Why does Hardy mix whiskey with water?

He's an alcoholic

He has no ice

To conceal the taste of disinfectant in the water

He refuses to explain
20 What does "cheero" mean when used in the play?

Goodbye

It is a nonsense word

Goodbye and cheers

Hello
21 What is the Boche?

Slang term for the British

Synonym for "good"

Slang term for Germans

None of these
22 What are trenches?

Turned-up trousers

Rain gutters

A rain-soaked, muddy field

Long narrow ditches dug by troops in war
23 Which are Minnies?

Bomber planes

Mortar shells

Landmines

Rifle bullets
24 On top of the steeped-leaf drink, what does tea mean in Journey's End?

Chaotic fighting

A meal

Gossip

A sodden trench
25 In the play, who is Jerry?

Slang term for the British

The colonel

Term of endearment for any staff cook

Slang term for the Germans

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