Riders to the Sea Quizzes

Riders to the Sea Quiz 1

1 What year was the play written?
1905

1900

1904

1910
2 Synge is
Irish

Scottish

English

French
3 The play is a/an
tragedy

comedy

satire

farce
4 The play is set in
one of the Aran Islands off the coast of Ireland

the Irish countryside

London

Dublin
5 How many acts is the play?
2

1

4

3
6 Cathleen is
20 years old

quiet and docile

a young girl

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

Sewing

Reading

Kneading cake
8 What does Nora bring into the cottage at the beginning?
Bread

Turf

The bundle of clothes

Plain white boards
9 Who gave the clothes to Nora?
Bartley

A villager

Maurya

The young priest
10 The priest is always described as
brilliant

young

kind

quiet
11 How do they suppose Michael died?
gunshot

drowning

suicide

illness
12 What is Maurya doing at the start of the play?
Kneading cake

Singing

Wailing

Lying down
13 Who wants to go to the Galway Fair?
Nora

Maurya

Cathleen

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

Cathleen

Nora

The young priest
15 Where do the girls hide the bundle?
Outside

Under the bed

In the turf-loft

In a cupboard
16 Maurya is best described as
openminded

quiet

sweet

stubborn
17 Who does Maurya think will stop Bartley?
The young priest

Nora

His own conscience

Cathleen
18 Where is Bartley at the start of the play?
Making a halter

Riding horses

Talking to the priest

Seeing about the ship
19 What is the girls' attitude toward their mother?
Subtly derisive

Hostile

Benevolent

Obsequious
20 What is Bartley looking for when he comes home?
Rope

Food

Money

Clothes
21 What animal was chewing on the rope?
A sheep

A pig

A cat

A dog
22 What does Bartley want the rope for?
A noose

The well

A halter

The coffin
23 What does Maurya want the rope for?
The coffin

The halter

Household tasks

The well
24 Who is the coffin initially for?
Michael

Maurya

Bartley

It is unknown
25 What does Maurya think about Bartley going to sea?
She is adamantly against it

She is indifferent

She is supportive of it

We do not know her opinion

Match the columns

Bartley worked with the rope.

Nora put the turf around the pot oven.

Cathleen kneaded the cake.

Maurya was forbidden to go to sea.

Asked by Gourab G #1364103

Answered by jill d #170087 on 6/20/2025 3:46 PM

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How is Riders to the sea a universal drama?

need answer

Asked by MD Sabbir H #674554

Answered by Nasir A #821342 on 9/21/2018 4:55 AM

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Explain what Mauria is doing in the last scene?

In the final scene, Maurya is praying for the souls of her husband, her husband's father, and four sons... praying that they may rest in peace, after which, the curtains close.

Asked by adrita a #439020

Answered by jill d #170087 on 11/29/2023 3:02 PM

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Riders to the Sea

by John Millington Synge

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