Riders to the Sea Quizzes

Riders to the Sea Quiz 1

By Kristen Osborne-Bartucca · Edited by Aaron Suduiko · Last reviewed December 17, 2016

1 What year was the play written?

1905

1904

1910

1900
2 Synge is

Irish

Scottish

French

English
3 The play is a/an

tragedy

comedy

satire

farce
4 The play is set in

Dublin

the Irish countryside

one of the Aran Islands off the coast of Ireland

London
5 How many acts is the play?

1

4

3

2
6 Cathleen is

quiet and docile

20 years old

a young girl

an elderly woman
7 What is Cathleen doing at the start of the play/

Kneading cake

Sewing

Reading

Singing
8 What does Nora bring into the cottage at the beginning?

Bread

Plain white boards

The bundle of clothes

Turf
9 Who gave the clothes to Nora?

Bartley

The young priest

Maurya

A villager
10 The priest is always described as

brilliant

kind

quiet

young
11 How do they suppose Michael died?

suicide

illness

gunshot

drowning
12 What is Maurya doing at the start of the play?

Singing

Kneading cake

Lying down

Wailing
13 Who wants to go to the Galway Fair?

Maurya

Bartley

Nora

Cathleen
14 Who is confident God wouldn't take away Maurya's sons?

The young priest

Cathleen

Maurya herself

Nora
15 Where do the girls hide the bundle?

In a cupboard

Outside

Under the bed

In the turf-loft
16 Maurya is best described as

quiet

openminded

stubborn

sweet
17 Who does Maurya think will stop Bartley?

Nora

His own conscience

Cathleen

The young priest
18 Where is Bartley at the start of the play?

Making a halter

Seeing about the ship

Talking to the priest

Riding horses
19 What is the girls' attitude toward their mother?

Obsequious

Hostile

Benevolent

Subtly derisive
20 What is Bartley looking for when he comes home?

Rope

Clothes

Money

Food
21 What animal was chewing on the rope?

A cat

A sheep

A dog

A pig
22 What does Bartley want the rope for?

The coffin

A halter

A noose

The well
23 What does Maurya want the rope for?

The coffin

Household tasks

The well

The halter
24 Who is the coffin initially for?

Bartley

It is unknown

Michael

Maurya
25 What does Maurya think about Bartley going to sea?

She is indifferent

She is adamantly against it

We do not know her opinion

She is supportive of it

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Riders to the Sea essays are academic essays for citation. These papers were written primarily by students and provide critical analysis of Riders to the Sea by author J.M. Synge.

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