The American Dream Quizzes

The American Dream Quiz 1

1 Who wrote the play?
Jean Genet

Samuel Beckett

Edward Albee

Tracy Letts
2 When was the play first produced?
1961

1968

1952

1955
3 Which of the following is not an Edward Albee play?
The Zoo Story

Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

The Goat, or Who is Sylvia?

Happy Days
4 Who is Edward Albee's work most similar to in this list?
Samuel Beckett

Suzan-Lori Parks

William Shakespeare

David Mamet
5 What is Edward Albee credited with Americanizing?
Postmodernism

Theatre of the Absurd

Expressionism

Naturalism
6 Who directed the first production?
Elia Kazan

Alan Schneider

Julie Taymor

Samuel Beckett
7 Who starts the play?
The Young Man

Grandma

Mommy and Daddy

Mrs. Barker
8 Where does the play take place?
Mommy and Daddy's apartment

An adoption agency

A boarding school

Heaven
9 Who is more dominant in Mommy and Daddy's marriage?
Daddy

They are both always trying to dominate the other

Mommy

They are both very easy-going
10 Who are Mommy and Daddy waiting for at the beginning of the play?
It remains unclear

The Young Man

The van people

Grandma
11 What doesn't need to get fixed in the apartment?
The johnny

The doorbell

The icebox

A leak in the ceiling
12 What does Mommy tell Daddy a story about in the first scene?
Buying a hat

Meeting with a retirement home

Lunch with a friend

Meeting Mrs. Barker
13 What color did Mommy think the hat was?
Wheat

Yellow

Beige

Cream
14 Who does Mommy run into after buying the hat?
Mrs. Barker

A famous fashion designer

Grandma

The chair of the woman's club
15 What color does the chair say the hat is?
Off white

Yellow

Wheat

Orange
16 What is Mommy's response to the chair's mis-coloring the hat?
She went to the store and made a scene

She burned the hat

She ignored it and moved on

She gave the chairman the hat
17 What is Grandma carrying when she enters?
A beige hat

A suitcase

A baby

Boxes
18 Where does Grandma put the boxes?
On the kitchen counter

At Daddy's feet

On the dining table

In a cupboard
19 What are the boxes for?
Moving out

Christmas

That's nobody's damn business

Hiding a baby
20 Why do old people go deaf, according to Grandma?
Because they have sinned in their life

It's just the process of aging

They don't want to hear people speaking to them like they're old

Because they're listening to God
21 Who do Mommy and Daddy threaten will take Grandma away?
The police

The adoption agency

The angels

The "van people"
22 Why didn't Mommy eat the lunches that Grandma packed for her?
She was anorexic

She didn't like Grandma's cooking

Grandma forgot to pack her lunch

They were wrapped so nicely she didn't want to break them
23 What does Grandma mock Mommy for?
Having bad skin

Wanting to marry a rich man

Not being able to conceive her own child

Her beige hat
24 "Old people don't like to talk; old people have ________________"
Bad eyes and bad ears

Nothing to say

No taste for talking

Colitis and lavender perfume
25 What did Grandma maybe want to be when she was young?
A lawyer

An actress

A senator

A singer

Themes of Edward Albee's play The American dream

Edward Albee’s play The American Dream delves into several thought-provoking themes, revealing the complexities of human existence and societal constructs. Let’s explore these themes: